More French Proverbs

He is not escaped who drags his chain.... >>

The most lasting monuments are doubtless paper-monuments.... >>

He gains enough who loses sorrow.... >>

God's work is soon done.... >>

Don't rely on the label of the bag.... >>

Other Proverbs

There is no mother like the mother that bore us.... (Spanish) >>

Gifts break (or dissolve) rocks.... (Spanish) >>

Short hose must have long points.... (Spanish) >>

At an ambuscade of villains a man does better with his feet ... (Spanish) >>

The sharper the storm, the sooner it's over.... (Spanish) >>

He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.

- French Proverb