More French Proverbs

Could a man foresee events he would never be poor.... >>

Without bread and wine even love will pine.... >>

Dreams are lies.... >>

Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.... >>

Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.... >>

Other Proverbs

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight... (Italian) >>

One trick is met by another.... (Spanish) >>

Half a brain is enough for him who says little.... (Italian) >>

To every evil doer his evil day.... (Spanish) >>

In the street of by-and-by one arrives at the house of "neve... (Spanish) >>

One cannot please everybody and one's father.

- French Proverb