More French Proverbs

Desperate ills require desperate remedies.... >>

When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.... >>

All heads are not sense-boxes.... >>

At a little fountain one drinks at one's ease.... >>

Another's misfortune is only a dream.... >>

Other Proverbs

Talk little and well, and you will be looked upon as somebod... (Spanish) >>

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

Night brings counsel.... (Spanish) >>

Long absent, soon forgotten... (Zulu) >>

God gives the nuts but he does not crack them... (Jewish) >>

That brings water to the mill.

- French Proverb