More French Proverbs

One cannot ring the bells and walk in the procession.... >>

He expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth.... >>

By candle-light a goat looks like a lady.... >>

A cake and a bad custom ought to be broken.... >>

Rage avails less than courage.... >>

Other Proverbs

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry... (Turkish) >>

Fire, fire, many pots on. and one pea in them all.... (Spanish) >>

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions... (Arab) >>

Half a brain is enough for him who says little.... (Italian) >>

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals... (Arab) >>

If it only depends on swearing, the cow is ours.

- French Proverb