More French Proverbs

A man assailed is half overcome.... >>

For a stubborn ass a hard goad.... >>

Whilst the dogs are growling at each other the wolf devours the sheep.... >>

He that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime.... >>

He who wishes to make a golden door drives a nail into it every day.... >>

Other Proverbs

In less than a thousand years we shall all be bald.... (Spanish) >>

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad on... >>

The honest man enjoys the theft.... (Spanish) >>

Happy is the doctor who is called in at the decline of an il... (Spanish) >>

Either the ass will die, or he that goads it.... (Spanish) >>

The night brings counsel.

- French Proverb