More French Proverbs

Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.... >>

A merry life forgets father and mother.... >>

He is a great fool who forgets himself.... >>

He who never budges from Paris will never be pope.... >>

Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll not steal when he's old.... >>

Other Proverbs

The scalded cat dreads cold water.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to thrash your wife, ask her for a drink of wate... (Spanish) >>

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one ... (English) >>

Many things are lost for want of asking.... (English) >>

With money you would not know yourself, without money nobody... (Spanish) >>

Princes keep good reckoning, they never lose anything.

- French Proverb