More French Proverbs

After a storm comes a calm.... >>

Hot sup, hot swallow.... >>

In hawks, hounds, arms, and love, for one pleasure a thousand pains.... >>

He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is ... >>

A fair promise binds a fool.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who rides the tiger can never dismount.... (Chinese) >>

Honey was not made for the mouth of the ass.... (Spanish) >>

The shirt is nearer than the frock.... (Spanish) >>

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the r... (Spanish) >>

As mony heads, as mony wits.... (Spanish) >>

Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too much lose horse and mule.

- French Proverb