More French Proverbs

One cannot ring the bells and walk in the procession.... >>

A miserly father makes a prodigal man.... >>

A fool's head never whitens.... >>

A good gaper makes two gapers.... >>

A fine cage won't feed the bird.... >>

Other Proverbs

Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers.... (Spanish) >>

He who at thirty has no brains, will never purchase an estat... (Spanish) >>

God take you, pound (of flax), drunk out and not yet spun.... (Spanish) >>

You can't make pancakes without breaking eggs.... (Spanish) >>

He who sows brambles reaps thorns.... (Spanish) >>

He never did a good day's work who went grumblingly about it.

- French Proverb