More French Proverbs

Better to be envied than pitied.... >>

If a man would learn to pray let him go often to sea.... >>

Spare well and have to spend.... >>

To compare is not to prove.... >>

Life is half spent before one knows what life is.... >>

Other Proverbs

A cold April the barn will fill.... (English) >>

The cross on his breast, and the devil in his heart.... (Spanish) >>

Honey was not made for the mouth of the ass.... (Spanish) >>

According to the custom of Aragon, good service, bad guerdon... (Spanish) >>

No joy without alloy.... (Spanish) >>

Nothing venture, nothing gain.

- French Proverb