More French Proverbs

He carries fire in one hand, water in the other.... >>

No purchase like a gift.... >>

Give me the rhubarb and you may take the senna.... >>

Better lose the wool than the sheep.... >>

Good land should not be quitted for a bad landlord.... >>

Other Proverbs

When the fox preaches, look to the geese... (Ethiopian) >>

Good words and bad deeds deceive both wise and simple.... (Spanish) >>

Talking is easy, action difficult.... (Spanish) >>

So wise, so young, they say, do ne'er live long.... (Spanish) >>

Better joy in a cottage than sorrow in a palace.... (Spanish) >>

I know by my own pot how the others boil.

- French Proverb