More French Proverbs

Never put your finger between the tree and the bark.... >>

He wears the mourning of his washerwoman.... >>

Ask my comrade, who is as great a liar as myself.... >>

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

He that telleth his wife news is but lately married.... >>

Other Proverbs

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.... (American) >>

He who loves well is slow to forget.... (Spanish) >>

He who spits above himself will have it fall on his face.... (Spanish) >>

In a smith's house the knife is wooden.... (Spanish) >>

The poor-houses are filled with the honestest people.... (Spanish) >>

An ounce of favour goes further, or is worth more, than a pound of justice.

- French Proverb