More French Proverbs

Ignorance is bliss... >>

He plays well that wins.... >>

Give me the rhubarb and you may take the senna.... >>

The days follow each other and are not alike.... >>

Fair things are soon snatched away.... >>

Other Proverbs

Let the sun shine on me, for I care not for the moon.... (Spanish) >>

The camel asking for horns lost also his ears. [In grasping ... (English) >>

Better go about than fall into the ditch.... (Spanish) >>

First cobwebs, then chains.... (Spanish) >>

Entreaties to get him to sing, and entreaties to leave off.... (Spanish) >>

Who is born of a cat will run after mice. (An illusion to one of Aesop's fables.)

- French Proverb