Famous Proverbs

1] God’s help is better than the early rising

2] Human blood is all of a colour

3] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

4] One of these days is none of these days

5] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

6] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

7] Beauty draws more than oxen

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

9] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all

10] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

11] He conquers who endures

12] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

13] A bad excuse is better than none at all

14] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

15] Too much money makes one mad

16] A black hen lays a white egg

17] Love knows hidden paths

18] A light purse makes a heavy heart

19] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

20] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

21] History repeats itself

22] The longest day must have an end

23] You can’t take it with you when you die

24] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

25] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

26] A man’s wealth is his enemy

27] The tongue talks at the heads cost

28] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

29] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

30] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

31] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

32] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

33] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

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

35] A prophet is without honour in his own country

36] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

37] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

38] It is not every question that deserves an answer

39] No man is wise at all times

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

41] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

42] No feast lasts forever.

43] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

44] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

45] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

46] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

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

48] Soft fire makes sweet malt

49] Open confession is good for the soul

50] Marriage is a lottery

51] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

52] To advise someone not to gamble is to win money for him

53] The devil lurks behind the cross

54] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

55] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

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

57] The Pen is mightier than the sword

58] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

59] In doing we learn.

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

61] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

62] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

63] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

64] Fools rejoice at promises

65] Our own opinion is never wrong

66] A good word stills great anger

67] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

68] Confess and be hanged

69] Where there is no might, right loses itself

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

71] If you play with fire you get burnt

72] Like mistress, like maid

73] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

74] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

75] What has been, may be

76] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

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

78] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

79] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

80] Poverty parts friendship

81] One man’s loss is another’s gain

82] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

83] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

84] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

85] Soft fire makes sweet malt

86] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

87] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

88] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

89] Expectation is better than realisation

90] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

91] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

92] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

93] Bear and forbear

94] As you bake, so shall you eat.

95] You cannot have it both ways

96] Youth will have its course.

97] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

98] Truth is god’s daughter

99] A beggar can never be bankrupt

100] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance