More French Proverbs

Counted sheep are eaten by the wolf.... >>

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... >>

Stolen bread stirs the appetite.... >>

A little man fells a great oak.... >>

An old oven is easier to heat than a new one.... >>

Other Proverbs

A full cup must be carried steadily... (Greek) >>

When poor, liberal; when rich, stingy.... (Spanish) >>

Losers are always in the wrong.... (Spanish) >>

The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the idle man by... (Spanish) >>

The poor man has his crop destroyed by hail every year.... (Spanish) >>

Hunger looks in at the industrious man's door but dares not enter.

- French Proverb