More French Proverbs

An ass does not stumble twice over the same stone.... >>

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.... >>

It is only the bashful that lose.... >>

Laws have wax noses.... >>

His like Jean de Nivelle's dog, that runs away when he is called.... >>

Other Proverbs

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun... (Chinese) >>

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

The drunkard and the glutton come to poverty, and drowsiness... (Spanish) >>

A lame goat will not sleep by day.... (Spanish) >>

A fried to everybody and to nobody is the same thing.... (Spanish) >>

There is no hunting but with old hounds.

- French Proverb