More French Proverbs

Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.... >>

He has a good pledge of the cat who has her skin.... >>

Stolen bread stirs the appetite.... >>

You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty.... >>

When the Frenchman sleeps the devil rocks him.... >>

Other Proverbs

A proverb is the child of experience.... (English) >>

Truth will be out.... (Latin) >>

A man is as old as he feels himself to be.... (English) >>

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, In times of a... (English) >>

Where there is love there is pain.... (Spanish) >>

He that is ashamed to eat is ashamed to live.

- French Proverb