More French Proverbs

White meal is not got out of a coal-sack.... >>

He who chooses takes the worst.... >>

He does a good day's work who rids himself of a fool.... >>

Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.... >>

A man may cause his own dog to bite him.... >>

Other Proverbs

Let every sheep hang by it own foot.... (Spanish) >>

If three dogs chase a rabbit they cannot kill it.... (English) >>

The pope and a peasant know more between them than the pope ... (Italian) >>

Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a hedge.... (Spanish) >>

The mouse that only trusts to one poor hole, Can never be a ... (Spanish) >>

The skin is nearer than the shirt.

- French Proverb