2214 French Proverbs / Page 21
401.
Better ten people hurt than one dead.402.
Better the foot slip than the tongue.403.
Better the second husband of a widow than the first.404.
Better to be envied than pitied.405.
Better to be seen alone than in bad company.406.
Better to bend then break.407.
Better to have a friend on the road than gold and silver in your purse.408.
Better to prevent than to cure.409.
Better to stumble once than be always tottering.410.
Better to wear out than rust out.411.
Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.412.
Between man and woman there is little difference, but vive la difference.413.
Between promising and giving a man should marry his daughter.414.
Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.415.
Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.416.
Between two stools one sits on the ground.417.
Between two stools the breech comes to the ground.418.
Between two stools you come to the ground.419.
Beware of a reconciled enemy.420.
Big head, little wit.