More French Proverbs

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.... >>

A fine cage won't feed the bird.... >>

Between promising and giving a man should marry his daughter.... >>

All cats are alike grey at night.... >>

An ounce of favour goes further, or is worth more, than a pound of jus... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't take any wooden nickles.... (Spanish) >>

When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.... (Spanish) >>

Ask the experienced rather than the learned... (Jewish) >>

Trust not your gossip to a priest who has been a friar.... (Spanish) >>

Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the ton... (Spanish) >>

The biter is often bit.

- French Proverb