More French Proverbs

One can't make head or tail of it.... >>

A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by.... >>

Every art requires the whole person.... >>

A young angel, an old devil.... >>

All state, and nothing on the plate.... >>

Other Proverbs

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise... (Spanish) >>

The honest man enjoys the theft.... (Spanish) >>

A handful of motherwit is worth a bushel of learning.... (Spanish) >>

He who stumbles twice over one stone deserves to break his s... (Spanish) >>

A fortress on its guard is not surprised.... (Spanish) >>

The threatener sometimes gets a beating.

- French Proverb