More French Proverbs

Children are what they are made.... >>

Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.... >>

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.... >>

Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too... >>

The mountaineer's ass carries wine and drinks water.... >>

Other Proverbs

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun... (Chinese) >>

Confession is the first step to repentance.... (English) >>

A maid who laughs is half taken.... (English) >>

We have no son, and yet are giving him a name.... (Spanish) >>

You used to be a baker, though now you wear gloves.... (Spanish) >>

Who refuses, muses.

- French Proverb