More French Proverbs

He is the more obstinate for being advised.... >>

He pulls at a long rope who desires another's death.... >>

One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes.... >>

Envy goes beyond avarice.... >>

He who sees leather cut asks for a thong.... >>

Other Proverbs

Gratefulness is the poor man's payment.... (English) >>

Let him that has a mouth not say to another, Blow.... (Spanish) >>

Let there be no lack of food in the pigeon-house, and the pi... (Spanish) >>

The hen lays upon an egg.... (Spanish) >>

Poverty is not a crime.... (Spanish) >>

He who waits for another man's trencher often dines in imagination (or with Duke Humphrey).

- French Proverb