Proverbs and old sayings, page 872

43575 proverbs and old sayings

A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.

Proverbs and old sayings French about marriage

He will not lose his oats for want of braying.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Loaves put awry into the oven come out crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The interested friend is a swallow on the roof.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Where power reigns there is no room for reason.

Proverbs and old sayings French about reason, power

Upon a slight pretext the wolf takes the sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The monk that begs for God's sake begs for two.

Proverbs and old sayings French about god

He would sink a ship freighted with crucifixes.

Proverbs and old sayings French

It is a hard winter when one wolf eats another.

Proverbs and old sayings French

It is by forging that one becomes a blacksmith.

Proverbs and old sayings French

'Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.

Proverbs and old sayings French

No wind can do him good who steers for no port.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck

Nothing falls into the mouth of a sleeping fox.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing

Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Everybody is wise after the thing has happened.

Proverbs and old sayings French about things

Fair flowers do not remain long by the wayside.

Proverbs and old sayings French about flowers

Even the strongest person will find his master.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.

Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Where the hostess is handsome the wine is good.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wine, good, good luck

But may not truth in laughing guise be dressed?

Proverbs and old sayings French about truth