More French Proverbs

Of little cloth but a short cloak.... >>

Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.... >>

Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees.... >>

Two sparrows upon one ear of corn make ill agreement.... >>

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.... >>

Other Proverbs

The more you get the more you want.... (Spanish) >>

All sunshine makes the desert... (Greek) >>

Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; married, an ass.... (Spanish) >>

When he was born, Solomon passed by his door, and could not ... (Spanish) >>

A pig bought on credit grunts all the year.... (Spanish) >>

Help you to salt, help you to sorrow.

- French Proverb