2214 French Proverbs / Page 9
161. A little leaven leavens a great mass.
162. A little man fells a great oak.
163. A little man sometimes casts a long shadow.
164. A little pack serves a little pedlar.
165. A little rain stills a great wind.
166. A little sheep always seems young.
167. A little spark shines in the dark.
168. A little thing often helps.
169. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
170. A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.
171. A mad dog cannot live long.
172. A man assailed is half overcome.
173. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.
174. A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.
175. A man is no happier than he thinks himself.
176. A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.
177. A man know's no more to any purpose than he practises.
178. A man may bear till his back breaks.
179. A man may cause his own dog to bite him.
180. A man may threaten yet be afraid.