More French Proverbs

Possession is the grave of pleasure.... >>

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

Cherries are bitter to the glutted blackbird.... >>

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

A mansion pulled down is half built up again.... >>

Other Proverbs

There is no lock, if the pick is of gold.... (Spanish) >>

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise... (Spanish) >>

Let there be food in the pigeon-house, and the pigeons will ... (Spanish) >>

God grant me to contend with those that understand me.... (Spanish) >>

A bad man's gift is like his master.... (Spanish) >>

The sheep that is too tame is sucked by too many lambs.

- French Proverb