More French Proverbs

The balance in doing its office knows neither gold nor lead.... >>

God gives the cold according to the cloth.... >>

He who begins and does not finish loses his labour.... >>

He is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his f... >>

He asks advice in vain who will not follow it.... >>

Other Proverbs

Water for oxen, wine for kings.... (Spanish) >>

He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like... (Colombian) >>

We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it... (Spanish) >>

Far fowls have fair feathers.... (English) >>

He that would the daughter win Must with the mother first be... (English) >>

Were if not for "if" and "but," we should all be rich for ever.

- French Proverb