More French Proverbs

Better to stumble once than be always tottering.... >>

He beat the bushes and another caught the birds.... >>

The only way to keep a secret is to say nothing.... >>

Who cannot work out his salvation by heart will not do it by book.... >>

The handsomest woman can only give what she has.... >>

Other Proverbs

Pain is forgotten where gain comes.... (American) >>

An open door tempts a saint.... (Spanish) >>

Silent water is dangerous water.... (Spanish) >>

Smoke, a dripping roof, and a scolding wife, are enough to d... (Spanish) >>

An oak is not felled at one stroke.... (Spanish) >>

A gaunt brute bites sore.

- French Proverb