More French Proverbs

Bad news has wings.... >>

You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.... >>

Don't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.... >>

Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.... >>

God save you from a man who has but one business.... >>

Other Proverbs

Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns.... (Chinese) >>

Before you marry, have a house to live in, fields to till, a... (Spanish) >>

From a fallen tree, all make kindling.... (Spanish) >>

A hangman is a good trade, he doth his work by daylight.... (Spanish) >>

The Mother of God appears to fools.... (Spanish) >>

What the gauntlet wins the gorget consumes.

- French Proverb