More French Proverbs

Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees.... >>

It is better to bend than break.... >>

'Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.... >>

It is better to leave the child's nose dirty than wring it off.... >>

April showers bring forth May flowers.... >>

Other Proverbs

Better give a penny then lend twenty.... (Italian) >>

There is no answer for God out of my house, and What have yo... (Spanish) >>

A boy's love is water in a sieve.... (Spanish) >>

He who respects his parents never dies.... (Greek) >>

Poverty is not perversity.... (Spanish) >>

There's neither rhyme nor reason.

- French Proverb