More French Proverbs

Never choose your women or linen by candlelight.... >>

Better be mad with all the world than wise alone.... >>

A spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better... >>

A little spark shines in the dark.... >>

A handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.... >>

Other Proverbs

Salt split is never all gathered.... (Spanish) >>

Nature goes her own way.... (English) >>

A bespattered hog tries to bespatter another.... (Spanish) >>

He who is in the mud likes to get another into it.... (Spanish) >>

A great leap gives a great shake.... (Spanish) >>

It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that people throw stones.

- French Proverb