More French Proverbs

In the fiddler's house every one is a dancer.... >>

The bagpipe never utters a work till its belly is full.... >>

The list is worse than the cloth.... >>

When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.... >>

To give tardily is to refuse.... >>

Other Proverbs

Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all... (Turkish) >>

Between saying and doing there is a long road.... (Spanish) >>

God grant you good fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you... (Spanish) >>

The mouth that says yes says no.... (Spanish) >>

My neighbour's goat gives more milk than mine.... (Spanish) >>

One cannot be at the oven and the mill at the same time.

- French Proverb