More French Proverbs

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.... >>

Honour blossoms on the grave.... >>

No jesting with edged tools.... >>

A table friend is changeable.... >>

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... >>

Other Proverbs

The stew mixed by many is ill-seasoned and worse cooked.... (Spanish) >>

When you can't get meat, chickens and bacon are good.... (Spanish) >>

It goes ill in the house where the hen sings and the cock is... (Spanish) >>

If you wish to be well served, serve yourself.... (Spanish) >>

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep... (Spanish) >>

He who dispraises a thing, wants to buy it.

- French Proverb