More French Proverbs

If it can lick, it can bite.... >>

One knows not for whom he gathers.... >>

Well fed but ill taught.... >>

A good advice is as good as an eye in the hand.... >>

A woman who looks much in the glass spins but little.... >>

Other Proverbs

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.... (English) >>

Giving alms never lessens the purse.... (Spanish) >>

It is the great north wind that made the Vikings... (Italian) >>

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals... (Arab) >>

Poverty does not destroy virtue, nor does wealth bestow it.... (Spanish) >>

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.

- French Proverb