More French Proverbs

He's a fool that's fond.... >>

Youth must be served.... >>

Little pitchers have long ears.... >>

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.... >>

Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged.... >>

Other Proverbs

The shirt is nearer than the frock.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.... (Spanish) >>

He who makes a law should keep it.... (Spanish) >>

Under the sackcloth there is something hid.... (Spanish) >>

Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.... (Spanish) >>

The listener makes the backbiter.

- French Proverb