More French Proverbs

Who is born of a cat will run after mice. (An illusion to one of Aesop... >>

If you have a sore eye wipe it with your elbow.... >>

Every one takes his flogging in his own way.... >>

A Rowland for an Oliver.... >>

Everything in time comes to him who knows how to wait.... >>

Other Proverbs

Praise makes a bad man worse.... (American) >>

The evil which issues from thy mouth falls into thy bosom.... (Spanish) >>

The wise knows that he does not know; the ignoramus thinks h... (Spanish) >>

The cross on his breast, and the devil in his acts.... (Spanish) >>

No flies light on a boiling pot.... (Spanish) >>

Borrows must not be choosers.

- French Proverb