Famous Proverbs

1] As long lives a merry man as a sad

2] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

3] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

4] A great city, a great solitude

5] Virtue is its own reward

6] Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

7] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

8] A good wife makes a good husband

9] In wine there is truth

10] Trust not the many-minded populace

11] A beggar can never be bankrupt

12] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

13] There is no blindness like ignorance

14] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

15] Time flees without a delay

16] A good drink makes the old young

17] One man’s means another man’s poison

18] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

19] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

20] Many hands make light work

21] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

22] All truths are not to be told

23] Nothing is so certain as death

24] Never too late to late to repent

25] Love cannot be compelled

26] Every light has its shadow

27] No convenience without its inconvenience

28] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

29] The rich knows not who is his friend

30] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

31] God is a sure paymaster

32] One today is worth two tomorrows

33] A loveless life is a living death

34] Fingers were made before forks

35] Wishes can never fill a sack

36] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

37] Put out your tubs when it is raining

38] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

39] The thread breaks where it is weakest

40] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

41] Come with the wind, got with the water

42] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

43] Love will find a way

44] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

45] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

46] Know thyself

47] He mediates revenge who least complains.

48] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

49] The weeds overgrow the corn.

50] If you play with fire you get burnt

51] The biter is sometimes bit

52] He that demands misses not, unless his demands be foolish

53] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

54] He that repairs not a part, builds all

55] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

56] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

57] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

58] Old foxes want no tutors

59] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

60] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

61] She’s her father’s (or mother’s) daughter

62] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

63] Wrong has no warrant

64] Step by step the ladder is ascended

65] A good friend is my nearest relation

66] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

67] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

68] Blood will have blood

69] Numbers overcome the brave

70] Beauty is only skin deep

71] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

72] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

73] Those near the temple deride the gods

74] Don’t take your harp to the party

75] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

76] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

77] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

78] When one door shuts, another opens

79] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

80] Money can influence even the spirits

81] A man can do no more than he can

82] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

83] Fools grow without watering.

84] What can’t be cured must be endured

85] Give the devil his due

86] Hunger breaks stone walls

87] A jack of all traders is master of none

88] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

89] When meat is in anger is out

90] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

91] God provides for him that trusts

92] Never judge from appearances

93] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

94] Fine feathers make fine birds.

95] All men are mortal

96] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

97] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

98] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

99] It is more blessed to give than to receive

100] Never hit a man when he’s down