More French Proverbs

Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.... >>

The worst clothed go to windward.... >>

He carries fire and water.... >>

He looks one way and rows another.... >>

He is rich who is satisfied.... >>

Other Proverbs

The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her ho... (Spanish) >>

I thought I had no husband, and I eat up the stew.... (Spanish) >>

Of brothers-in-law and red dogs few are good.... (Spanish) >>

It fares ill with the house where the spinning-wheel command... (Spanish) >>

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

Much memory and little judgment.

- French Proverb