They forgive the wine but they hang the bottle.
More French Proverbs:
Advisers are not the payers.French
Every dog is valiant in his own kennel.
French
Saint cannot if God will not.
French
The sheep that is too tame is sucked by too many lambs.
French
One cannot be at the oven and the mill at the same time.
French
Possession is the grave of pleasure.
French