More French Proverbs

I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That t... >>

A muffled cat never caught a mouse.... >>

Near is my kirkle, but nearer is my smock.... >>

Like box-makers, more noise than work.... >>

No living man all things can.... >>

Other Proverbs

Love is an excuse for its own faults.... (Italian) >>

Time heals all wounds.... (American) >>

He who always tells me a lie never cheats me.... (Spanish) >>

As are the times, so are the manners.... (Spanish) >>

He can do but little who cannot threaten another.... (Spanish) >>

A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.

- French Proverb