Famous Proverbs

1] A good drink makes the old young

2] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

3] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

4] He who last, laughs longest.

5] The good intention excuses the bad action

6] Virtue carries a lean purse

7] No pains, no gains

8] Better to ask the way than go astray.

9] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

10] Think on the end before you begin

11] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

12] Virtue is the only true nobility

13] A hungry man is angry man

14] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

15] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

16] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

17] There is none misfortune cannot reach

18] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

19] Love your friend with his fault

20] Friends are thieves of time

21] He who comes first, grinds first.

22] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

23] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

24] God comes at last when think he is farthest off

25] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

26] Many a little makes a mickle

27] Experience is the mother of wisdom

28] Praise no man till he is dead.

29] No wrong without a remedy

30] Dreams are lies

31] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration

32] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

33] He that can stay. Obtains

34] When luck comes, who doesn’t; when luck doesn’t come, who does?

35] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

36] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

37] The dog is a lion in his own house

38] Reputation is often got without merit, and lost without crime

39] Wife and Children are bills of charges

40] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

41] Better be safe than sorry

42] Too much cunning undoes

43] We don’t get something for nothing

44] Love me, love my dog

45] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

46] First creep, then walk

47] A little learning is dangerous thing

48] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

49] Loyalty is worth more than money

50] Idle folks lack no excuses

51] A good beginning makes a good ending.

52] One good deed makes up for a thousand bad ones.

53] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

54] Good luck beats early rising

55] Better unborn than untaught

56] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

57] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

58] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

59] Health and money go far

60] Good wine needs no bush

61] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

62] He thinks not well that thinks not again

63] Never too late to learn

64] No man knows what good is than he who has endured evil

65] Live not to eat, but eat to live

66] A change is as good as rest

67] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

68] Forgive and forget

69] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

70] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

71] All griefs with bread are less

72] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

73] Money can influence even the spirits

74] Talk much end err much

75] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

76] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

77] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

78] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

79] A woman’s work is never done

80] The greatest talkers are the least doers

81] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

82] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

83] What is deferred is not abandoned

84] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

85] The weeds overgrow the corn.

86] A friend is easier lost than found

87] Master easy, servant slack

88] To teach is to learn twice over

89] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

90] There is nothing that costs less than civility

91] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

92] If you would be well served, serve yourself

93] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

94] Often and little eating makes a man fat

95] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

96] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

97] Think of ease, but work on.

98] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

99] Danger makes men devout

100] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest