Famous Proverbs

1] One man sows and another reaps

2] Poor folk fare the best

3] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

4] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

5] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

6] There is a black sheep in every flock

7] Beauty fades like a flower.

8] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

9] Better bend than break

10] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

11] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

12] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

13] No road is long with good company

14] One foot is better than two crutches

15] He that would catch fish must venture his bait

16] He is an ill husband who is not missed

17] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

18] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

19] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

20] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

21] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

22] Half a word is enough for a wise man

23] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

24] Wiles help weak folk

25] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

26] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

27] Pitchers have ears

28] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

29] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

30] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

31] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

32] The first blow is half the battle

33] Custom reconciles us to everything

34] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

35] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

36] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

37] Long absent, soon forgotten

38] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

39] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

40] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

41] Health without money is half an ague

42] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

43] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

44] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

45] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

46] The great would have none great, and the little all little

47] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

48] Better be safe than sorry

49] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

50] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

51] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

52] Woes unite foes

53] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

54] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

55] The best is often the enemy of the good

56] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

57] We are all Adam’s children

58] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

59] You must grin and bear it

60] How ever much you learn, you won’t know how to raise the dead

61] First impressions are most lasting

62] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

63] Better late than never

64] Let us do evil that good may come

65] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

66] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

67] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

68] God’ s mill grids slow but sure

69] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

70] Keep some till further more come

71] Open a book and you profit by what you read

72] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

73] Black will take no other hue

74] The falling drops hollow the stone

75] It is easier to pull down than to build

76] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

77] Care is no cure

78] You know what you can do till you try.

79] Where there’s muck, there’s money

80] Necessity is a powerful weapon

81] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

82] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

83] Respect is greater from a distance

84] Life is short and time is swift

85] Health and money go far

86] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

87] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

88] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

89] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

90] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

91] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

92] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

93] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

94] A good example is the best sermon

95] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

96] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

97] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

98] None but the brave deserves the fair

99] He who hesitates is lost

100] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind