More French Proverbs

Drop by drop the lake is drained.... >>

Fortune can take from us only what she has given us.... >>

Take heed of an ox before. an ass behind, and a monk on all sides.... >>

He is the devil's valet, he does more that he is ordered.... >>

A man know's no more to any purpose than he practises.... >>

Other Proverbs

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf... (Native American) >>

He that minds his business at home, will not be accused of t... (Spanish) >>

When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.... (American) >>

A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw.... (English) >>

A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.... (Spanish) >>

It is not the big oxen that do the best day's work.

- French Proverb