More French Proverbs

There never was a looking-glass that told a woman she was ugly.... >>

A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.... >>

Good wine needs no vine.... >>

He that would hang his dog, gives out first, that he is mad.... >>

He that ventures not fails not.... >>

Other Proverbs

The threatener loses the opportunity of vengeance.... (Spanish) >>

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber... (Burmese) >>

A hungry man discovers more than a hundred lawyers.... (Spanish) >>

Every one feels the cold according as he is clad.... (Spanish) >>

For want of a nail the shoe is lost.... (Spanish) >>

Youth may stray afar yet return at last.

- French Proverb