More French Proverbs

Take a woman's first advice and not her second.... >>

What a neighbor gets is not lost.... >>

Soft words scald not the tongue.... >>

Light is bad for sore eyes.... >>

The devil often lurks behind the cross.... >>

Other Proverbs

Complain to one who can help you... (Chinese) >>

Eating and scratching want but a beginning... (Greek) >>

He who divides gets the worst share.... (Spanish) >>

A blow from a frying-pan, if it does not hurt, smuts.... (Spanish) >>

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing ... (Italian) >>

He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months' end.

- French Proverb