More French Proverbs

To compare is not to prove.... >>

To get the chicks one must coax the hen.... >>

The handsomest woman can only give what she has.... >>

To believe a thing impossible is to make it so.... >>

The second blow makes the fray.... >>

Other Proverbs

The devil places a pillow for a drunken man to fall upon.... (Canadian) >>

Let it be a husband, though it be but a log.... (Spanish) >>

A cracked bell will never be sound.... (Spanish) >>

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.... (Spanish) >>

Better one "Take this," than two "I will give you."... (Spanish) >>

He who bestirs himself sucks up, he who lies still dries up.

- French Proverb