French Proverb Quotations

Only he who does nothing makes a mistake

Life is an onion and one peels it crying

Life works out - but not as you expect it

One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes

One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.

Lazy people are always eager to be doing something

Many are esteemed, only because they are not known

France is an absolute monarchy tempered by songs

God is on the side of the strongest battalions

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear

He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull

He who is judge between two friends loses one of them

He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention

That day is lost on which one has not laughed

It is only the tree loaded with fruit that the people throw stones at

To leave a place is to die a little

The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

Don't find fault with what you don't understand

The sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness.

The silence of the people is a warning for the king

The stable wears out a horse more than the road

To want to forget something is to think of it

Tell me who you frequent and I will tell you who you are

Pray, pray very much; but beware of telling God what you want

In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings

In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.

An honest man is hurt by praise unjustly bestowed

The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth

When a man begins to reason, he ceases to feel

A big nose never spoils a pretty face