More French Proverbs

The dead are soon forgotten.... >>

His like Jean de Nivelle's dog, that runs away when he is called.... >>

A mistake is no reckoning.... >>

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... >>

By biting and scratching cats and dogs come together.... >>

Other Proverbs

The gossips fall out and tell each other truths.... (Spanish) >>

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day... (Chinese) >>

If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves.... (Spanish) >>

He who threatens to strike, and does not, is afraid.... (Spanish) >>

He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself.... (Spanish) >>

Where the thread is weakest it breaks.

- French Proverb