More French Proverbs

Every fool likes his bauble.... >>

A good thing can be twice, nay, even thrice spoken.... >>

Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.... >>

An old ape never made a pretty grimace.... >>

You cannot make bricks without straw.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.... (Spanish) >>

Wherries must not put out to sea.... (Spanish) >>

A fast day is the eve of a feast day.... (Spanish) >>

Deeds are love, and not fine phrases.... (Spanish) >>

For whom does the blind man's wife adorn herself?... (Spanish) >>

Life is half spent before one knows what life is.

- French Proverb