More French Proverbs

He was slain that had warning, not he that took it.... >>

Paris was not built in a day.... >>

Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.... >>

Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.... >>

'Tis a good horse that has no fault.... >>

Other Proverbs

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatch... (Chinese) >>

Put up or shut up.... (American) >>

A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off.... (Chinese) >>

A man without a smiling face must not open shop.... (Chinese) >>

Ask the experienced rather than the learned... (Jewish) >>

He who holds the handle of the frying-pan turns it as he pleases.

- French Proverb