More French Proverbs

He who listens at doors hears more than he desires.... >>

One barber shears another.... >>

Handsomely asked, handsomely refused.... >>

Happy the child whose father goes to the devil.... >>

He that does not ask will never get a bargain.... >>

Other Proverbs

As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest ... (Spanish) >>

Never fall out with your bread and butter... (Scottish) >>

If the sky falls we shall catch larks.... (Spanish) >>

The father of a saint, the son of a sinner.... (Spanish) >>

It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that lures.... (Spanish) >>

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance.

- French Proverb