More French Proverbs

Little pitchers have long ears.... >>

Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged.... >>

Might knows no right.... >>

The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth.... >>

Nothing is had for nothing.... >>

Other Proverbs

To the good listener, half a word is enough.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.... (Spanish) >>

The Jew ruins himself with passovers, the Moor with wedding ... (Spanish) >>

Land was never lost for want of an heir.... (Italian) >>

He who marries ill, is long in becoming widowed.... (Spanish) >>

Who wives for a dower, resigns his own power.

- French Proverb