1486 Proverbs with French origins
'Tis a silly sheep that makes the wolf her confessor.;
Go to proverbA bellyfull of gluttony will never study willingly.;
Go to proverbA churl knows not the work of spurs (i.e., honour).;
Go to proverbA clown enriched knows neither relation nor friend.;
Go to proverbA colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.;
Go to proverbA colt you may break, but an old horse you never can.;
Go to proverbA courtier should be without feeling and without honour.;
Go to proverbA cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it.;
Go to proverbA deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.;
Go to proverbA fine girl and a tattered gown always find something to hook the them.;
Go to proverbA fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.;
Go to proverbA fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.;
Go to proverbA friend to my table and wine, is no good neighbour.;
Go to proverbA gentlemen of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are mended.;
Go to proverbA glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks Latin, and a child reared on wine, never come to a good end.;
Go to proverbA good tale is none the worse for being twice told.;
Go to proverbA good thing can be twice, nay, even thrice spoken.;
Go to proverbA great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.;
Go to proverbA handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.;
Go to proverbA hundred years a banner, a hundred years a barrow. [Signifying the changeful fortunes of great feudal families.];
Go to proverbA hundred years is not much, but never is a long while.;
Go to proverbA hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.;
Go to proverbA jackfish does more than a letter of recommendation.;
Go to proverbA landmark is very well placed between the fields of two brothers.;
Go to proverbA little dinner, long expected and cold, is by no means given, but dearly sold.;
Go to proverbA man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.;
Go to proverbA man know's no more to any purpose than he practises.;
Go to proverbA man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.;
Go to proverbA man who has but one eye must take good care of it.;
Go to proverbA man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.;
Go to proverbA man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.;
Go to proverbA Montgomery division: all on one side, nothing on the other.;
Go to proverbA noble prince or king never has a coin to bless himself.;
Go to proverbA person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.;
Go to proverbA pleasant companion on a journey is as good as a postchaise.;
Go to proverbA sin concealed is half pardoned (meaning when care is taken to conceal the scandal).;
Go to proverbA spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better they be.;
Go to proverbA sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by.;
Go to proverbA sparrow in hand is worth more than a vulture flying.;
Go to proverbA sparrow in the hand is better than a crane on the wing.;
Go to proverbA sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing.;
Go to proverbA woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.;
Go to proverbA woman who accepts, sells herself; a woman who gives, surrenders.;
Go to proverbA woman who looks much in the glass spins but little.;
Go to proverbA woman's tongue is her sword, and she does not let it rust.;
Go to proverbAfter the daughter is married, then come sons-in-law in plenty.;
Go to proverbAll the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment.;
Go to proverbAn apple, an egg, and a nut, You may eat after a slut.;
Go to proverbAn ass does not stumble twice over the same stone.;
Go to proverbAn ounce of favour goes further, or is worth more, than a pound of justice.;
Go to proverbAnoint a villain and he will prick you, prick a villain and he will anoint you.;
Go to proverbAt a bridge, a plank, a river, the servant foremost, the master behind.;
Go to proverbAt borrowing cousin german, at repaying son of a whore.;
Go to proverbAt Shrove-tide every one had need of his frying-pan.;
Go to proverbBeauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.;
Go to proverbBees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.;
Go to proverbBelieve that, and drink some water (to wash it down.);
Go to proverbBetter be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.;
Go to proverbBetter be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.;
Go to proverbBetter to have a friend on the road than gold or silver in your purse.;
Go to proverbBetween promising and giving a man should marry his daughter.;
Go to proverbBetween the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.;
Go to proverbBut for all that the honest man has not got his purse.;
Go to proverbBy biting and scratching cats and dogs come together.;
Go to proverbChristmas has been talked of so long that it has come at last.;
Go to proverbCould a man foresee events he would never be poor.;
Go to proverbCourtesy that is all on one side cannot last long.;
Go to proverbDeath takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.;
Go to proverbDo not abstain from sowing for fear of the pigeons.;
Go to proverbDo you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak.;
Go to proverbDon't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.;
Go to proverbDon't run too far, you will have to return the same distance.;
Go to proverbDon't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.;
Go to proverbDon't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.;
Go to proverbEverything in time comes to him who knows how to wait.;
Go to proverbEverything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies. [Fr., Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse.];
Go to proverbFair, good, rich, and wise, is a woman four stories high.;
Go to proverbFashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical.;
Go to proverbFear less, hope more,
eat less, chew more,
whine less, breathe more,
talk less, say more,
hate less, love more,
and all good things will be yours;
Go to proverbFine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows.;
Go to proverbFlies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar.;
Go to proverbFor sake of the knight the lady kisses the squire.;
Go to proverbFortune can take from us only what she has given us.;
Go to proverbFortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow.;
Go to proverbFrom confessors, doctors, and lawyers, do not conceal the truth of your case.;
Go to proverbFrom to-morrow till to-morrow time goes a long journey.;
Go to proverbGive out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few.;
Go to proverbGod and man think him a fool who brags of his of his own great wisdom.;
Go to proverbGod helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.;
Go to proverbGod visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.;
Go to proverbGolden bishop, wooden crosier; wooden bishop, golden crosier.;
Go to proverbGood land should not be quitted for a bad landlord.;
Go to proverbGratitude is the least of virtues, but ingratitude the worst of vices.;
Go to proverbGrease a churl's boots and he'll say you are burning them.;
Go to proverbGreat thieves always have their sleeves full of gags.;
Go to proverbGreater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad.;
Go to proverbHang a thief when he's young, and he'll not steal when he's old.;
Go to proverbHappy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.;
Go to proverbHe cannot be a friend to any one who is his own enemy.;
Go to proverbHe does a good day's work who rids himself of a fool.;
Go to proverbHe does not guard himself well who is not always on his guard.;
Go to proverbHe expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth.;
Go to proverbHe had need rise early who would please everybody.;
Go to proverbHe has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan.;
Go to proverbHe has great need of a fool who makes himself one.;
Go to proverbHe is a horse with four white feet (i.e., he is unlucky).;
Go to proverbHe is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his fingers.;
Go to proverbHe is called clever who cheats and plunders his friend.;
Go to proverbHe is like a silver pin, Fair without, but foul within.;
Go to proverbHe is like the gardener's dog, who don't eat cabbage and will let no one else eat them.;
Go to proverbHe is past preaching to who does not care to do well.;
Go to proverbHe is the devil's valet, he does more that he is ordered.;
Go to proverbHe is the wisest man who does not think himself so.;
Go to proverbHe knows enough who knows how to live and keep his own counsel.;
Go to proverbHe needs say nothing about the score who pays nothing.;
Go to proverbHe never did a good day's work who went grumblingly about it.;
Go to proverbHe pulls at a long rope who desires another's death.;
Go to proverbHe ruins himself in promises, and clears himself by giving nothing.;
Go to proverbHe sins as much who holds the bag as he who puts into it.;
Go to proverbHe that has not money in his purse should have honey in his mouth.;
Go to proverbHe that holds the handle of a frying-pan runs the risk of burning himself.;
Go to proverbHe that is of a merry heart hasth a continual feast;
Go to proverbHe that is too much in haste, may stumble on a good road.;
Go to proverbHe that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe he may dance.;
Go to proverbHe that lets his fish escape, may cast his net often yet never catch it again.;
Go to proverbHe that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck.;
Go to proverbHe that stays in the valley will not get over the hill.;
Go to proverbHe that takes too great a leap falls into the ditch.;
Go to proverbHe that telleth his wife news is but lately married.;
Go to proverbHe that that hath a head of wax must not approach the fire.;
Go to proverbHe that walks too hastily, often stumbles in plain way.;
Go to proverbHe that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime.;
Go to proverbHe that would hang his dog, gives out first, that he is mad.;
Go to proverbHe that would keep his house clean must not let priest or pigeon into it.;
Go to proverbHe was born on a Sunday, he likes work ready done.;
Go to proverbHe was slain that had warning, not he that took it.;
Go to proverbHe who begins and does not finish loses his labour.;
Go to proverbHe who bestirs himself sucks up, he who lies still dries up.;
Go to proverbHe who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.;
Go to proverbHe who caresses thee more than the occasion justifies, has either deceived thee or intends it.;
Go to proverbHe who carries one burden will soon carry a hundred.;
Go to proverbHe who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention.;
Go to proverbHe who eats of the king's goose will void a feather forty years after.;
Go to proverbHe who goes abroad by day has no need of a lantern.;
Go to proverbHe who has his purse full preaches to the poor man.;
Go to proverbHe who holds the handle of the frying-pan turns it as he pleases.;
Go to proverbHe who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull.;
Go to proverbHe who is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.;
Go to proverbHe who judges between two friends loses one of them.;
Go to proverbHe who listens at doors hears more than he desires.;
Go to proverbHe who marries for love has good nights and bad days.;
Go to proverbHe who never budges from Paris will never be pope.;
Go to proverbHe who passes a winter's day passes one of his mortal enemies.;
Go to proverbHe who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.;
Go to proverbHe who rides on the giant's shoulders sees further than he who carries him.;
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