More French Proverbs

The sea has an enormous thirst and an insatiable appetite.... >>

No lock avails against a hatchet.... >>

The devil is not always at a poor man's door.... >>

Long on hair, short on brains.... >>

Money advances meacocks.... >>

Other Proverbs

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests.... (Spanish) >>

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.... (Spanish) >>

Anger can be an expensive luxury.... (Italian) >>

The beginning is the half of every action... (Italian) >>

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

One knows not for whom he gathers.

- French Proverb