More French Proverbs

People make the bells say what they please.... >>

If it only depends on swearing, the cow is ours.... >>

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.... >>

Honour blossoms on the grave.... >>

A hook's well lost to catch a salmon.... >>

Other Proverbs

Kill one to warn a hundred... (Chinese) >>

Shoemakers go to mass and pray that sheep may die.... (Spanish) >>

The fear of women is the basis of good health.... (Spanish) >>

He who marries ill, is long in becoming widowed.... (Spanish) >>

He who works on the highway will have many advisers.... (Spanish) >>

Too much zeal spoils all.

- French Proverb