More French Proverbs

One cannot be in two places at once.... >>

Rather a single grape for me than a brace of figs for thee.... >>

No one is expected to achieve the impossible.... >>

Nothing is more contagious than a bad example.... >>

Nothing is had for nothing.... >>

Other Proverbs

Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.... (English) >>

When they give you the calf, be ready with the halter.... (Spanish) >>

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mo... (Native American) >>

When poor, liberal; when rich, stingy.... (Spanish) >>

When you go to a strange house knock at the door.... (Spanish) >>

The benefice must be taken with its liabilities.

- French Proverb