More French Proverbs

Without bread and wine even love will pine.... >>

He pulls at a long rope who desires another's death.... >>

Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.... >>

Hares are not caught by the sound of the drum.... >>

He is a horse with four white feet (i.e., he is unlucky).... >>

Other Proverbs

He falls into the pit who leads another into it.... (Spanish) >>

A grand eloquence, little conscience.... (Spanish) >>

A sparrow in the hand is better than a bustard on the wing.... (Spanish) >>

It little avails the unfortunate to be brave.... (Spanish) >>

The bath has sworn not to whiten the blackamoor.... (Spanish) >>

There is no place like home.

- French Proverb