More French Proverbs

No purchase like a gift.... >>

A Montgomery division: all on one side, nothing on the other.... >>

Don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.... >>

He who begins and does not finish loses his labour.... >>

The devil was so fond of his children that he plucked out their eyes.... >>

Other Proverbs

To be a public man is slavery.... (American) >>

Entreaties to get him to sing, and entreaties to leave off.... (Spanish) >>

Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anyth... (Spanish) >>

Do not steal a loaf from him that kneads and bakes.... (Spanish) >>

Crooked logs make straight fires.... (English) >>

The niggard spends as much as he who is liberal, and in the end more.

- French Proverb