More French Proverbs

Examine what is said, not him who speaks... >>

A fool is always beginning.... >>

He who grasps too much holds not firmly.... >>

Don't show your teeth if you can't bite.... >>

Do not make two devils of one.... >>

Other Proverbs

He that will take the bird must not scare it.... (English) >>

Moses (i.e. a Jew) does not play because he has not the mean... (Spanish) >>

He who marries ill, is long in becoming widowed.... (Spanish) >>

He who builds by the roadside has many surveyors... (Chinese) >>

A mother-in-law is what you inherit when you marry.... (English) >>

Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.

- French Proverb