More French Proverbs

He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going barefoot.... >>

God alone understands fools.... >>

Contrivance is better than force.... >>

Who punishes one threatens a hundred.... >>

For a stubborn ass a hard goad.... >>

Other Proverbs

Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.... (English) >>

He who at twenty understands nothing, at thirty knows nothin... (Spanish) >>

The gardener's feet do no harm to the garden.... (Spanish) >>

Make good flour, and do not blow the trumpet.... (Spanish) >>

He gathers up ashes and scatters flour.... (Spanish) >>

It is at home, not in public, that one washes his dirty linen.

- French Proverb