Famous Proverbs

1] Pat any man and dust will fly

2] It is the unexpected that always happens

3] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

4] The longest day must have an end

5] A rich man can do nothing wrong

6] First impressions are most lasting

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

8] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

9] Never buy a pig in a poke

10] The golden age was never the present age

11] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

12] A good heart conquers ill fortune

13] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

14] Nothing crave, nothing have

15] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

16] Wedlock is padlock

17] It is good fishing in troubled waters

18] Good clothes open all doors

19] Diligence is the mother of good luck

20] No news is good news

21] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

22] One sword keeps another in the sheath

23] Barking dogs seldom bite

24] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

25] The longest journey starts with a single step

26] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

27] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

28] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

29] Better are small fish than an empty dish

30] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

31] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

32] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

33] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

34] A true friend is forever a friend

35] Covetousness brings nothing home

36] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

37] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

38] Like master, like man

39] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

40] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

41] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

42] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

43] Do unto others as they should do unto you

44] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

45] Anger without power is folly

46] Better an apple given than eaten

47] Ill luck is good for something

48] A fool believes everything

49] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

50] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

51] Creditors have better memories than debtors

52] Make the best of a bad job

53] All things require skills but an appetite

54] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

55] A mouse may help a lion

56] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

57] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

58] Confess and be hanged

59] It is ill striving against the stream

60] Good broth may be made in an old pot

61] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

62] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

63] Never do evil that good may come of it

64] He who wills the end, Wills the means

65] Little things are pretty

66] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

67] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

68] A gift much expected is paid, not given

69] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

70] Man punishes the action but God the intention

71] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

72] Time flies

73] An old dog barks not in vain

74] Brevity is the soul of wit

75] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

76] There is no time like the present

77] Every man has his faults

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

79] Even water has its ebb and flow

80] One kindness is the price of another

81] When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?

82] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

83] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

84] Content is more than a kingdom

85] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

86] If today will not, tomorrow may

87] Every little helps

88] Money can influence even the spirits

89] Beauty is only skin deep

90] A good face is a letter of recommendation

91] Who greases his way travels easily

92] Standing pools gather fifth

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

94] The mean is the best

95] A hungry man is angry man

96] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

97] Boys will be boys

98] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

99] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

100] Possibilities are infinite