More French Proverbs

Advisers are not the payers.... >>

Half the truth is often a whole lie.... >>

If you wrestle with a collier you will get a blotch.... >>

I know by my own pot how the others boil.... >>

He carries fire and water.... >>

Other Proverbs

The smith's dog sleeps at the noise of the hammer, and wakes... (Spanish) >>

In less than a thousand years we shall all be bald.... (Spanish) >>

When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself inj... (English) >>

The more acquaintance, the more danger.... (English) >>

Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.... (Spanish) >>

Who cannot work out his salvation by heart will not do it by book.

- French Proverb