More French Proverbs

Good bargains are ruinous.... >>

Life is half spent before one knows what life is.... >>

Gratitude is the least of virtues, but ingratitude the worst of vices.... >>

He who has daughters is always a shepherd.... >>

He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn.... >>

Other Proverbs

Threatened men live long.... (Spanish) >>

The cat is friendly, but scratches.... (Spanish) >>

Peter is so godly that God does not improve his condition.... (Spanish) >>

Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.... (Spanish) >>

The big thieves hang the little ones... (Benjamin Franklin) >>

Who serves the mass is thanked by none, but cursed if aught left undone.

- French Proverb