More French Proverbs

One learns by failing.... >>

He who eats of the king's goose will void a feather forty years after.... >>

Dreams go by contraries.... >>

At Shrove-tide every one had need of his frying-pan.... >>

Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.... >>

Other Proverbs

Do not triumph before the victory.... (English) >>

He who does not pick up a pin cares nothing for his wife.... (Spanish) >>

The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever wou... (Spanish) >>

A bad thing never dies.... (Spanish) >>

Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is ... (Spanish) >>

Mother's love is ever in its spring.

- French Proverb