Famous Proverbs

1] Great hopes make great men

2] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

3] What costs little is little esteemed

4] A beggar can never be bankrupt

5] Custom reconciles us to everything

6] We live by laws, not by examples

7] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

8] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

9] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

10] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

11] Slow help is no help

12] Silence is golden

13] Soon hot, soon cold

14] A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend

15] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

16] Don’t play with edged tools

17] Every may be has a may not be

18] An ill tongue may do much

19] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

20] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

21] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

22] The wisest of the wise may err.

23] Wise men are caught in wiles

24] There is honour among thieves

25] The longest journey starts with a single step

26] Desert and reward seldom keep company

27] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

28] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

29] Look on the bright side

30] Love cannot be compelled

31] Lose a leg rather than a life

32] Anger managers everything badly.

33] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

34] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

35] Man proposes, God disposes

36] There are spots even in the sun

37] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

38] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

39] Novelty always appears handsome

40] Without diligence, no prize

41] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

42] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

43] Like mistress, like maid

44] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

45] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

46] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

47] Books and friends should be few but good

48] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

49] He that ventures not fails not.

50] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

51] A good paymaster never wants workmen

52] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

53] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

54] Silence never makes mistakes

55] A good face is a letter of recommendation

56] There is many a true word spoken in jest

57] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

58] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

59] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

60] III counsel mars all

61] Everything is good in its season

62] A good conscience is a constant feast

63] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

64] No road is long with good company

65] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

66] Be careful to whom you give

67] Give the devil his due

68] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

69] Little by little and bit by bit.

70] A good servant must have good wages

71] Make not your sauce, before you have caught the fish.

72] Too many cooks spoil the broth

73] Dumb dogs are dangerous

74] You must grin and bear it

75] Too much money makes one mad

76] Valour delights in the test

77] Wise men do not argue with idiots

78] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

79] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

80] A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years

81] First impressions are most lasting

82] The first step is the only difficulty

83] Make haste slowly

84] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

85] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

86] No feast lasts forever.

87] Second thoughts are best

88] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

89] A soft answer turns away wrath

90] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

91] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

92] It costs more to do ill than to do well

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

94] Hear twice before you speak once

95] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

96] One thief will not rob another

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

98] Debt is an evil conscience

99] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

100] God heals, and the physician takes the fee