More French Proverbs

True nobility is invulnerable.... >>

It is folly to gape against an oven.... >>

He who chooses takes the worst.... >>

A bellyfull of gluttony will never study willingly.... >>

Fine birds are commonly plucked.... >>

Other Proverbs

Whilst the nurse suckles, we love her; when she is of no fur... (Spanish) >>

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it... (Spanish) >>

The ass dead, the barley at his tail.... (Spanish) >>

Take the will for the deed.... (Spanish) >>

Poverty is not perversity.... (Spanish) >>

The best you get is an even break.

- French Proverb