Famous Proverbs

1] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

2] Beware of a silent man and still water

3] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

4] Let not the sun do down on your wrath

5] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

6] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

7] Don’t take your harp to the party

8] One man’s means another man’s poison

9] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

10] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

11] Make hay while the sun shines

12] The more wicked, the more lucky

13] The absent saint gets no candle

14] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

15] It is as natural to die as to be born

16] Rich folk have many friends

17] A jack of all traders is master of none

18] Many words, many buffets

19] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

20] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

21] Advise none to marry or to go to war

22] He that does most at once, does least

23] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

24] His bark is worse than his bite

25] There are spots even in the sun

26] First impressions are most lasting

27] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

28] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

29] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

30] Divide and rule

31] Might is right

32] Good fame is better than a good face

33] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

34] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

35] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

36] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

37] He knows which side his bread is buttered

38] Tempt not a desperate man

39] Never say die

40] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

41] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

42] It is never too late to mend

43] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

44] A good paymaster needs no surety

45] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

46] Borrowed garments never fit well

47] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

48] He who leaps high must take a long run

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

50] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

51] In fair weather prepare for foul

52] Gifts blind the eyes.

53] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

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

55] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

56] He that has good money, gives few alms

57] The love of money is the root of all evil

58] Exchange is no robbery

59] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

60] In the end, things will mend

61] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

62] Wedlock is padlock

63] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

64] A jest breaks no bones

65] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

66] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

67] Care brings grey hair.

68] Little things are great to little men

69] We live by laws, not by examples

70] Diligence is the mother of good luck

71] Make the best of a bad bargain

72] Necessity is the mother of invention

73] Fortune does not stand waiting at any man’s door

74] Small is the seed of every greatness

75] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

76] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

77] As you brew, so shall you drink.

78] There are more men threatened than stricken

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

80] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

81] Silence gives (or means) consent

82] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

83] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

84] Time has wings

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

86] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

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

88] Every dog has his (its) day

89] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

90] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

91] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

92] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

93] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

94] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

95] Long absent, soon forgotten

96] The owl thinks her own young fairest

97] The young will sow their wild oats

98] A single rose does not mean spring

99] Even a worm will turn

100] Two blacks do not make a white