More French Proverbs

If wishes would bide, beggars would ride.... >>

By biting and scratching cats and dogs come together.... >>

He who passes a winter's day passes one of his mortal enemies.... >>

He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn.... >>

He who loses his temper is in the wrong.... >>

Other Proverbs

Too far East is West.... (English) >>

When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her.... (Spanish) >>

When thou seest thy house in flames, go warm thyself by it.... (Spanish) >>

We are as the king, only not as rich.... (Spanish) >>

Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat ... (Spanish) >>

One cannot be and have been.

- French Proverb