More French Proverbs

There is no worse water than still water.... >>

A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.... >>

He falls on his back and breaks his nose.... >>

It is not enough to have cabbage, one must have something to grease it... >>

A father is a banker provided by nature.... >>

Other Proverbs

He did not invent gunpowder.... (Spanish) >>

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.... (American) >>

A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.... (Spanish) >>

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing ... (Italian) >>

One may have good eyes and yet see nothing.... (Italian) >>

Who lives will see.

- French Proverb