More French Proverbs

There never was a banquet so sumptuous but some one dined ill at it.... >>

Horses run after benefices and asses get them.... >>

Foul linen should be washed at home.... >>

Fine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows.... >>

A galled horse does not care to be curried.... >>

Other Proverbs

After the house is finished, he deserts it.... (Spanish) >>

Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie... (Shan) >>

The fire well knows whose cloak burns.... (Spanish) >>

Tell a lie, and you will bring out the truth.... (Spanish) >>

Smoke, a dripping roof, and a scolding wife, are enough to d... (Spanish) >>

Nip the briar in the bud.

- French Proverb