More French Proverbs

One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.... >>

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.... >>

He may lie boldly who comes from afar.... >>

A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.... >>

God and man think him a fool who brags of his of his own great wisdom.... >>

Other Proverbs

A dog does not always bark at the front gate.... (Spanish) >>

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.... (American) >>

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise... (Spanish) >>

God comes to see without ringing the bell.... (Spanish) >>

Mary Busybody never wants a bad day, and Mary Drone has God ... (Spanish) >>

It is just that the priest should live by the altar.

- French Proverb