More French Proverbs

One must talk soothingly to the dog until one has passed him.... >>

He sups ill who eats up all at dinner.... >>

Really to stop criticism one must die.... >>

Take away my good name, take away my life.... >>

The friendship of great men is like the shadow of a bush, soon gone.... >>

Other Proverbs

On a long journey even a straw weighs heavy.... (Spanish) >>

There is no mother like the mother that bore us.... (Spanish) >>

Shoemakers go to mass and pray that sheep may die.... (Spanish) >>

Be not a baker if your head is butter.... (Spanish) >>

A blind man's stroke, which raises a dust from beneath water... (Spanish) >>

Every one preaches for his own saint.

- French Proverb