More French Proverbs

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.... >>

A spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better... >>

He that is thrown would still wrestle.... >>

Never say, Fountain, I will not drink of thy water.... >>

A handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.... >>

Other Proverbs

Though the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home.... (Spanish) >>

A postern door makes a thief.... (Spanish) >>

A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.... (Spanish) >>

He who has no voice in the valley, will have none in the cou... (Spanish) >>

God cures, and the doctor takes the fee.... (Spanish) >>

One cannot ring the bells and walk in the procession.

- French Proverb