More French Proverbs

Give him a foot and he'll take four.... >>

The devil is not always at a poor man's door.... >>

Never choose your women or linen by candlelight.... >>

Money burns many.... >>

Shoemakers are always the worst shod.... >>

Other Proverbs

To change and change for the better are two different things... (Chinese) >>

Every cock is proud on his own dung hill.... (Spanish) >>

Fire, fire, many pots on. and one pea in them all.... (Spanish) >>

Every one in his own house, and God in all men's.... (Spanish) >>

The fierce ox becomes tame on strange ground.... (Spanish) >>

Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.

- French Proverb