More French Proverbs

A man assailed is half overcome.... >>

One always knocks oneself in the sore place.... >>

He who pays is fairly entitled to speak his mind.... >>

I never saw a silent rich man.... >>

A little leaven leavens a great mass.... >>

Other Proverbs

Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser... (Russian) >>

It takes three generation to make a gentleman.... (American) >>

A father is a banker provided by nature... (Japanese) >>

Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky.... (Russian) >>

The lucky man's enemy dies, and the unlucky man's friend.... (Russian) >>

What a monk thinks he dares to do.

- French Proverb