More French Proverbs

Ill-luck is good for something.... >>

By dint of going wrong all will come right.... >>

Spare well and have to spend.... >>

He that does not ask will never get a bargain.... >>

He lies like a toothdrawer.... >>

Other Proverbs

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

If you want to beat a dog, say he eat your iron.... (Spanish) >>

Don't kill the man at the count's desire.... (Spanish) >>

He who does not mix with the crowd knows nothing.... (Spanish) >>

An oak is not felled at one stroke.... (Spanish) >>

Ingratitude is the mother of every vice.

- French Proverb