More French Proverbs

Be truly what thou wouldst be thought to be.... >>

Get out of that place and let me take it.... >>

A handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.... >>

Horses for courses.... >>

He that takes too great a leap falls into the ditch.... >>

Other Proverbs

An empty purse frightens away friends... (English) >>

Every man should support himself, and not hang upon another.... (Spanish) >>

The Jew ruins himself with passovers, the Moor with wedding ... (Spanish) >>

The ass knows well in whose face be brays.... (Spanish) >>

A fast day is the eve of a feast day.... (Spanish) >>

Never did capon love a hen.

- French Proverb