More French Proverbs

He who goes abroad by day has no need of a lantern.... >>

A man may threaten yet be afraid.... >>

Easy to say is hard to do.... >>

At borrowing cousin german, at repaying son of a whore.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.... (English) >>

Fish or cut bait... (Greek) >>

The only chaste woman is the one who has not been chased.... (Spanish) >>

The girl as she is taught, the flax as it is wrought.... (Spanish) >>

No rogue like the godly rogue.... (Spanish) >>

The fool cuts himself with his own knife.

- French Proverb