More French Proverbs

Nothing so good as forbidden fruit.... >>

An ounce of favour goes further, or is worth more, than a pound of jus... >>

He wears the mourning of his washerwoman.... >>

A woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.... >>

Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.... >>

Other Proverbs

Many a true word is spoken in jest.... (English) >>

The comforter's head never aches.... (Italian) >>

Sunday's wooing draws to ruin.... (Spanish) >>

A bully is always a coward.... (Spanish) >>

For want of a nail the shoe is lost.... (Spanish) >>

He that takes too great a leap falls into the ditch.

- French Proverb