More French Proverbs

'Twixt the word and the deed there's a long step.... >>

Good wine needs no vine.... >>

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.... >>

Dress slowly when you are in a hurry.... >>

Great boasters, little doers.... >>

Other Proverbs

A great leap gives a great shake.... (Spanish) >>

Go not with every ailment to the doctor, with every plea to ... (Spanish) >>

If you eat it up at supper, you cannot have it for breakfast... (Spanish) >>

May the man be damned and never grow fat, Who wears two face... (Spanish) >>

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.... (Spanish) >>

Always talk big and you will never be forgotten.

- French Proverb