More French Proverbs

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Half the truth is often a whole lie.... >>

By candle-light a goat looks like a lady.... >>

"They say" is a fool.... >>

Asses must not be tied up with horses.... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees... (English) >>

If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to t... (Spanish) >>

Short hose must have long points.... (Spanish) >>

Let every tub stand on its own bottom.... (Spanish) >>

Every man should support himself, and not hang upon another.... (Spanish) >>

A spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better they be.

- French Proverb