More French Proverbs

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.... >>

It is not enough to run; one must start in time.... >>

It is at home, not in public, that one washes his dirty linen.... >>

God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.... >>

He that hides can find.... >>

Other Proverbs

Prison and Lent were made for the poor.... (Spanish) >>

Like a cat on hot bricks.... (English) >>

The pitcher that goes too often to the well is broken at las... (English) >>

A needle is not sharp at both ends.... (Chinese) >>

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves... (Native American) >>

Grease a churl's boots and he'll say you are burning them.

- French Proverb