More French Proverbs

A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.... >>

People take more pains to be damned than to be saved.... >>

The fool cuts himself with his own knife.... >>

Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.... >>

Really to stop criticism one must die.... >>

Other Proverbs

A good heart breaks bad fortune.... (Spanish) >>

One does evil enough when one does nothing good... (Greek) >>

At an ambuscade of villains a man does better with his feet ... (Spanish) >>

If there be no remedy, why worry?... (Spanish) >>

Of your wife and your tried friend believe nothing but what ... (Spanish) >>

The second blow makes the fray.

- French Proverb