More French Proverbs

A good repast ought to begin with hunger.... >>

Don't show your teeth if you can't bite.... >>

Be a horse ever so well shod, he may slip.... >>

Cabbage for cabbage.... >>

A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.... >>

Other Proverbs

The devil gets into the belfry by the vicar's skirts.... (Spanish) >>

A good name covers theft.... (Spanish) >>

In politics, a man must learn to rise above principle.... (American) >>

It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the... (Spanish) >>

Shut your door, and you will make your neighbour a good woma... (Spanish) >>

The only victory over love is flight.

- French Proverb