More French Proverbs

Word by word the big books are made.... >>

God's work is soon done.... >>

After a feast a man scratches his head.... >>

A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by.... >>

Every one has a fool in his sleeve.... >>

Other Proverbs

Every bean hath its black.... (English) >>

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

Poverty does not destroy virtue, nor does wealth bestow it.... (Spanish) >>

God take you, pound (of flax), drunk out and not yet spun.... (Spanish) >>

The evil wound is cured, but not the evil name.... (Spanish) >>

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

- French Proverb