Famous Proverbs

1] Work won’t kill but worry will.

2] Do not wear out your welcome

3] What may be done at any time is done at no time

4] He may find fault that cannot mend

5] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

6] Weapons breed peace

7] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

8] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

9] The tailor makes the man

10] He who excuses himself accuses himself

11] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

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

13] Half an egg is better than empty shell

14] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

15] The child is father of the man

16] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

17] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

18] Fortune is blind

19] Don’t play with fire

20] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

21] Hungry bellies have no ears

22] Through obedience learn to command.

23] A burnt child dreads the fire

24] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

25] One sword keeps another in the sheath

26] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

27] First impressions are half the battle

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

29] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

30] Don’t make a mountain out of molehill

31] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

32] What will not money do?

33] Death keeps no calendar

34] Saying is one thing, and doing another

35] The poor suffer all the wrong

36] He that has good money, gives few alms

37] All’s fair in love and war

38] Mercy surpasses justice

39] More than enough is too much

40] Health is better than wealth

41] No wrong without a remedy

42] Tempt not a desperate man

43] Every law has a loophole

44] Gossiping and lying go together

45] An open door may tempt a saint

46] Morning dreams come true

47] The eye is bigger than the belly

48] Everything would fain live

49] Beware of no man more than himself

50] One master in a house is enough

51] Better to wear out than rust out

52] Grasp all, lose all

53] A good Conscience is the best divinity

54] Men are not to be measured in inches

55] Patience is a virtue

56] It is a shame to be shameless

57] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

58] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

59] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

60] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

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

62] A still tongue makes a wise head

63] No man is a hero to his valet

64] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

65] It’s dogged that does it

66] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

67] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

68] Fair exchange is no robbery

69] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

70] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

71] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

72] All’s grist that comes to the mill.

73] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

74] Ignorance is the peace of life

75] Curiosity killed the cat.

76] When angry, count a hundred

77] Children learn to creep ere they can go

78] He that is down need fear no fall

79] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

80] A man can die but once

81] Finger were made before forks, and hands before knives

82] Praise is always pleasant

83] A word is enough to the wise

84] Misery loves company.

85] Out of debt, out of danger

86] Cheap is dear in the long run.

87] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

88] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

89] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

90] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

91] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

92] Change brings life

93] That which proves too much proves nothing

94] What the king wills, that the law wills

95] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

96] He freezes who does not burn

97] A rolling stone gathers no moss

98] A monk can’t shave his own head

99] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

100] Be careful to whom you give