More French Proverbs

One blind man leads another into the ditch.... >>

Good watching drives away ill-luck.... >>

He was born with a caul.... >>

God and man think him a fool who brags of his of his own great wisdom.... >>

He wears the mourning of his washerwoman.... >>

Other Proverbs

A sparrow in the hand is better than a bustard on the wing.... (Spanish) >>

A rose too often smelled loses its fragrance.... (Spanish) >>

Plenty know good ale, but don't know much after that.... (English) >>

Every man has a fool up his sleeve.... (American) >>

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.... (English) >>

Too keen an edge does not cut, too fine a point does not pierce.

- French Proverb