More French Proverbs

Not every sort of wood is fit to make an arrow.... >>

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

Soft words don't scotch the tongue.... >>

You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

If you would live healthy, be old early.... (Spanish) >>

An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advanta... (Spanish) >>

Plenty know good ale, but don't know much after that.... (English) >>

A good year is determined by its spring.... (Afghan) >>

What is mine is my own; my brother Juan's is his and mine.... (Spanish) >>

In hawks, hounds, arms, and love, for one pleasure a thousand pains.

- French Proverb