More French Proverbs

To be willing is to be able.... >>

Hatred watches while friendship sleeps.... >>

Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.... >>

'Tis a good horse that has no fault.... >>

A civil denial is better than a rude grant.... >>

Other Proverbs

The king goes as far as he can, not so far as he would.... (Spanish) >>

In the report, of riches and goodness always bate one half.... (Spanish) >>

There is no one to sweep a common hall.... (Chinese) >>

The voice of the people is the voice of God.... (Spanish) >>

The man who does not love a horse cannot love a woman.... (Spanish) >>

What the child hears at the fireside is soon known at the parish church.

- French Proverb