More French Proverbs

One flower will not make a garland.... >>

Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few... >>

A clown enriched knows neither relation nor friend.... >>

It is easier to abstain than to restrain.... >>

A thing too much seen is little prized.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who has no house of his own is everywhere at home.... (Spanish) >>

When you die, your trumpeter will be buried.... (Spanish) >>

A lazy ox is little the better for the goad.... (Spanish) >>

The mill gains by gong, and not by standing still.... (Spanish) >>

Who offends writes on sand; who is offended, on marble.... (Italian) >>

He has great need of a fool who makes himself one.

- French Proverb