Famous Proverbs

1] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

2] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

3] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

4] He who hesitates is lost

5] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

6] Many drops make a shower

7] He is wise who looks ahead

8] Crust is better than no bread

9] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

10] Wrong has no warrant

11] There is no tree but bears some fruit

12] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

13] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

14] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

15] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

16] The hole calls the thief

17] Better the last smile than the first laugh

18] He that hopes not for good, fears not evil.

19] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

20] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

21] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

22] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

23] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

24] The absent party is always to blame.

25] Wrong has no warrant

26] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

27] He knows which side his bread is buttered

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

29] Better unborn than untaught

30] When one door shuts, another opens

31] Young saint, old devil.

32] Hard cases make bad law

33] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

34] Asking costs little

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

36] Hard words break no bones

37] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

38] Never hit a man when he’s down

39] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

40] One sheep follows another

41] Do as the friar says, not as he does

42] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

43] Long life has long misery

44] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

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

46] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

47] Ignorance is the peace of life

48] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

49] Hunger is the best sauce

50] Ready money is ready medicine

51] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

52] Good broth may be made in an old pot

53] There’s no place like home

54] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

55] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

56] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

57] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

58] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

59] Poverty is not a crime

60] A good wife is a good prize

61] Kind hearts are more than coronets

62] None can guess the jewel by the casket

63] It takes a wise man to be a fool

64] The good intention excuses the bad action

65] Busiest men find the most time

66] Every man to his trade.

67] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

68] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

69] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

70] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

71] He who owes is in all the wrong

72] To err is human

73] The slowest barker is the surest biter

74] There is many a fair thing full false

75] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

76] Of one ill come many

77] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

78] There is no accounting for tastes

79] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

80] Findings are keepings

81] Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp

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

83] Might overcome right.

84] The highest branch is not the safest roost

85] A good lather is half the shave

86] God sends cold after Clothes

87] Better be born lucky than wise.

88] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

89] Words and feathers the wind carries away

90] Do unto others as they should do unto you

91] He has not lost all who has one cast left

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

93] A fault once denied is twice committed

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

95] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

96] It is no use crying over spilt milk

97] Hunger is sharper than the sword

98] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

99] The age of miracles is past

100] Knowledge is power