More French Proverbs

A merry life forgets father and mother.... >>

One for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow.... >>

The tongue wounds more than a lance.... >>

Patience is the virtue of asses.... >>

Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests.... >>

Other Proverbs

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

Ask not after a good man's pedigree.... (Spanish) >>

He who helps everybody, helps nobody.... (Spanish) >>

For whom does the blind man's wife adorn herself?... (Spanish) >>

Discreet stops make speedy journeys.... (Spanish) >>

He who wishes to make a golden door drives a nail into it every day.

- French Proverb