To be willing is to be able.
More French Proverbs:
But may not truth in laughing guise be dressed?French
A hundred years a banner, a hundred years a barrow. [Signifying the changeful fortunes of great feudal families.]
French
Fear is a great inventor.
French
Every miller draws the water to his own mill.
French
Flies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar.
French
There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich.
French