More French Proverbs

A man who wants bread is ready for anything.... >>

He falls on his back and breaks his nose.... >>

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.... >>

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

Everything goes to him who does not want it.... >>

Other Proverbs

Give orders and do no more, and nothing will come of it.... (Spanish) >>

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.... (English) >>

The dress does not make the friar.... (Spanish) >>

A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills.... (Spanish) >>

The fire well knows whose cloak burns.... (Spanish) >>

The blade wears out the sheath.

- French Proverb