More French Proverbs

Great boasters, little doers.... >>

Other times, other manners.... >>

One half the world knows not how the other half lives.... >>

Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged.... >>

Setting out well is a quarter of the journey.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who doubts nothing knows nothing.... (Spanish) >>

Tell a lie, and you will bring out the truth.... (Spanish) >>

A sparrow in the hand is better than a bustard on the wing.... (Spanish) >>

The mother who spoils her child, fattens a serpent.... (Spanish) >>

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.... (Spanish) >>

The corn falls out of a shaken sheaf.

- French Proverb