More French Proverbs

One can't hinder the wind from blowing.... >>

Handsomely asked, handsomely refused.... >>

It is a sorry house in which the cock is silent and the hen crows.... >>

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

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.... >>

Other Proverbs

Business today, tomorrow never.... (Spanish) >>

A great man's entreaty is a command.... (Spanish) >>

Give me the ass that carries me in preference to the horse t... (Spanish) >>

A fool, unless he know Latin, is never a great fool.... (Spanish) >>

Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'. (If... (Chinese) >>

When the child is christened you will have godfathers enough.

- French Proverb