More French Proverbs

No one is expected to achieve the impossible.... >>

A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.... >>

He looks one way and rows another.... >>

It is folly to gape against an oven.... >>

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who sows peas on the highway does not get all the pods in... (Greek) >>

The blind man is laughing at the bald head... (Czech) >>

Every bean hath its black.... (English) >>

There is luck in odd numbers.... (Spanish) >>

Big boast, small roast.... (English) >>

When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.

- French Proverb