More French Proverbs

The kettle smuts the frying-pan.... >>

He puts his sickle into another man's harvest.... >>

Everything goes to him who does not want it.... >>

Good wine makes the horse go.... >>

Examine what is said, not him who speaks... >>

Other Proverbs

Tailors and writers must mind the fashion.... (English) >>

Truth, like oil, always comes to the surface.... (Spanish) >>

All temptations are found either in hope or fear.... (English) >>

Feed a cold, starve a fever.... (American) >>

No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.... (Russian) >>

Love, a cough, smoke, and money, cannot long be hid.

- French Proverb