More French Proverbs

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.... >>

By telling our woes we often assuage them.... >>

In the fiddler's house every one is a dancer.... >>

Great boasters, little doers.... >>

A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.... >>

Other Proverbs

Children are poor men's riches.... (English) >>

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor... (Greek) >>

The obscure we see eventually. The completely apparent takes... (Spanish) >>

Lose no rights, and commit no extortions.... (Spanish) >>

He buys well who is not called a donkey.... (Spanish) >>

Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged.

- French Proverb