More French Proverbs

A kick from a mare never hurt a horse.... >>

He has nothing who has not enough.... >>

Laziness is often mistaken for patience.... >>

He who is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.... >>

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.... >>

Other Proverbs

Rather mulberry than almond. (The almond-tree is in blossom ... (Spanish) >>

If you would live in health, be old early.... (Spanish) >>

Never ask pardon before you are accused.... (Spanish) >>

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests.... (Spanish) >>

At a dangerous passage, yield to precedence.... (Italian) >>

Write injuries in dust, But kindnesses in marble. [Fr., Eerivez les injures sue le sable, Mais les bienfaits sur le marbre.]

- French Proverb