More French Proverbs

Good bargains are ruinous.... >>

Every hooked beak is maintained by prey.... >>

By dint of going wrong all will come right.... >>

But for all that the honest man has not got his purse.... >>

Do you want better bread than wheaten?... >>

Other Proverbs

It is better to lose than lose more.... (Spanish) >>

There is never a great dunghill at a sportsman's door.... (Spanish) >>

A good grievance is better than bad payment.... (Spanish) >>

A fool sometimes gives good counsel.... (Spanish) >>

He that eats his fowl alone may saddle his horse alone.... (Spanish) >>

That often happens in a day which does not happen in a hundred years.

- French Proverb