More French Proverbs

He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn.... >>

Many a one suffers for what he can't help.... >>

It is madness for a sheep to talk of peace with a wolf.... >>

Every one takes his flogging in his own way.... >>

Better to stumble once than be always tottering.... >>

Other Proverbs

To the ass, or the sow, their own offspring appears the fair... (Latin) >>

Let them be birds. (Small eggs make little soup.)... (Spanish) >>

The drunkard and the glutton come to poverty, and drowsiness... (Spanish) >>

The ox spoke and said "Moo."... (Spanish) >>

He who steals once is never trusty.... (Spanish) >>

To see it rain is better than to be in it.

- French Proverb