More French Proverbs

He who wishes to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope.... >>

A little man fells a great oak.... >>

Truth is the club that knocks down and kills everybody.... >>

The days follow each other and are not alike.... >>

One always knocks oneself in the sore place.... >>

Other Proverbs

The thread breaks where it is thinnest.... (Spanish) >>

Advice is least heeded when most needed... (Romanian) >>

All roads lead to Rome... (Japanese) >>

A turn of the key is better than the conscience of a friar.... (Spanish) >>

For a wife and horse to your neighbour.... (Italian) >>

Some who mean only to warm, burn themselves.

- French Proverb