More French Proverbs

Who spits against the wind spits in his own face.... >>

Too much scratching smarts, too much talking harms.... >>

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

There never was a banquet so sumptuous but some one dined ill at it.... >>

To the jaundiced all things seem yellow.... >>

Other Proverbs

Abbot of Carcuela, you eat up the pot and ask for the pipkin... (Spanish) >>

A mother-in-law is what you inherit when you marry.... (English) >>

The wolf picks up the ass's fleas by moonlight.... (Spanish) >>

Procrastination is the thief of time.... (Spanish) >>

Shoemakers go to mass and pray that sheep may die.... (Spanish) >>

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.

- French Proverb