More French Proverbs

It is in vain to lean the ox to the water if he is not thirsty.... >>

Every art requires the whole person.... >>

A wise man may learn of a fool.... >>

A fine girl and a tattered gown always find something to hook the them... >>

A man takes his own wherever he finds it.... >>

Other Proverbs

The golden ass passes everywhere.... (Spanish) >>

At an auction keep your mouth shut.... (Spanish) >>

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

Your cracked jug seems better to me than my sound one.... (Spanish) >>

Every man hath a fool in his sleeve.... (American) >>

Naught must disturb a man of worth at dinner.

- French Proverb