More French Proverbs

No day so long but has its evening.... >>

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.... >>

It is not the burden but the over-burden that kills the beast.... >>

Flies will not light on a boiling pot.... >>

Fair is he that comes, but fairer he that brings.... >>

Other Proverbs

From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn... (Spanish) >>

The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever wou... (Spanish) >>

As the abbot sings the sacristan responds.... (Spanish) >>

Set a thief to catch a thief... (American) >>

One may have good eyes and yet see nothing.... (Italian) >>

Nothing is more ridiculous or troublesome than mere ceremony.

- French Proverb