More French Proverbs

The tongue wounds more than a lance.... >>

In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.... >>

Anger is a bad counsellor.... >>

Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies. [Fr., Tout p... >>

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

Other Proverbs

God grant me to argue with those who understand me.... (Spanish) >>

There is but one good mother-in-law and she is dead... (English) >>

Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.... (Spanish) >>

If you would live healthy, be old early... (Benjamin Franklin) >>

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

When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one's door.

- French Proverb