More French Proverbs

You cannot get oil out of a wall.... >>

It is in vain to lean the ox to the water if he is not thirsty.... >>

A hungry dog will eat dirty pudding.... >>

But may not truth in laughing guise be dressed?... >>

Every man has his value.... >>

Other Proverbs

Talk of sporting, and buy game in the market.... (Spanish) >>

If the sky falls there will be pots broken.... (Spanish) >>

He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting.... (Spanish) >>

Don't live in a town where there are no doctors... (Swedish) >>

He who loves well is slow to forget.... (Spanish) >>

There's nothing like being bespattered for making a man defy the gutter.

- French Proverb