More French Proverbs

When the devil grows old he turns himself hermit.... >>

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.... >>

Anger is a bad counsellor.... >>

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

A glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks Latin, and a child reared ... >>

Other Proverbs

The pitcher will go to the well once too often.... (English) >>

Where there are no swamps there are no frogs... (Spanish) >>

Rain before seven; clear before eleven.... (English) >>

To him who gives you a capon you may spare a leg and a wing.... (Spanish) >>

Fine feathers make fine birds.... (English) >>

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.

- French Proverb