More French Proverbs

Don't teach fishes to swim.... >>

A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.... >>

The greatest king must at last go to bed with a shovel.... >>

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

Stolen waters are sweet.... >>

Other Proverbs

If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else... (Spanish) >>

From little acorns mighty oaks do grow.... (American) >>

The wise hand does not all that the tongue says.... (Spanish) >>

He who always tells me a lie never cheats me.... (Spanish) >>

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing ... (Italian) >>

Comparison is not proof.

- French Proverb