More French Proverbs

Gentleness does more than violence.... >>

The Fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.... >>

Gray and green make the worst medley.... >>

He does not guard himself well who is not always on his guard.... >>

Don't talk Latin before the Franciscans.... >>

Other Proverbs

If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself... (Yiddish) >>

May the man be damned and never grow fat, Who wears two face... (Spanish) >>

If you have a loitering servant, set his dinner before him a... (Spanish) >>

It is in putting it into the oven that the loaf is made croo... (Spanish) >>

Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark.... (Spanish) >>

There is no flavour in a swallowed morsel.

- French Proverb