More French Proverbs

He pays dear for honey who licks it off thorns.... >>

Slander! slander! some of it always sticks.... >>

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

He'll swear through an inch board.... >>

He who wishes to make a golden door drives a nail into it every day.... >>

Other Proverbs

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.... (American) >>

Seven brothers in a council make wrong right.... (Spanish) >>

He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistl... (Spanish) >>

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... (Italian) >>

Good luck makes its way in by elbowing.... (Spanish) >>

To do, one must be doing.

- French Proverb