More French Proverbs

Desperate ills require desperate remedies.... >>

Two of a kind, whate'er they be.... >>

Could a man foresee events he would never be poor.... >>

In the tail lies the venom.... >>

Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.... >>

Other Proverbs

If you would live healthy, be old early.... (Spanish) >>

Where man is not, nature is barren.... (Spanish) >>

A fog from the sea brings corn to the mills.... (English) >>

Where the heart is past hope, the face is past shame.... (Spanish) >>

He that shippeth the devil must make the best of him.... (English) >>

There's no showing the wolf to a bad dog.

- French Proverb