More French Proverbs

The saint's-day over, farewell the saint.... >>

He is the devil's valet, he does more that he is ordered.... >>

He who carries one burden will soon carry a hundred.... >>

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.... >>

A good thing can be twice, nay, even thrice spoken.... >>

Other Proverbs

The pitcher will go to the well once too often.... (English) >>

Though your bloodhound be gentle, don't bite him on the lip.... (Spanish) >>

Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.... (English) >>

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. In... (English) >>

You can't make pancakes without breaking eggs.... (Spanish) >>

Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.

- French Proverb