More French Proverbs

He who takes a wife takes a master.... >>

Suspicion is the poison of friendship.... >>

'Tis sweet at certain times to drop the sage.... >>

A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.... >>

Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.... >>

Other Proverbs

Some men have only one book in them, others a library.... (English) >>

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom execut... (American) >>

To take ambition from a soldier, is to rob him of his spurs.... (Spanish) >>

What is new cannot be true.... (Spanish) >>

There is mony a true tale tauld in jest.... (Spanish) >>

Tough times don't last but tough people do.

- French Proverb