Famous Proverbs

1] Many a little makes a mickle

2] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

3] You cannot make a crab walk straight

4] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

5] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

6] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

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

8] Spend and be free, but make no waste

9] The devil dances in an empty pocket

10] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

11] Heaven helps those who help themselves

12] Kingdoms divided soon fall

13] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

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

15] Despair gives courage to a coward

16] He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse

17] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

18] Pardon makes offenders

19] Blood will have blood

20] The bull must be taken by the horns

21] Threatened folk live long

22] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

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

24] There’s always room at the top

25] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

26] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

27] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

28] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

29] Old habits die hard

30] Money is the sinew of affairs

31] He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox

32] Do not triumph before the victory

33] There is many a true word spoken in jest

34] Adventures are to be adventurous

35] No pain, no cure

36] For a web begun, God sends the thread

37] Keep something for a rainy day

38] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

39] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

40] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

41] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

42] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

43] The hole calls the thief

44] Variety takes away satiety

45] Tempt not a desperate man

46] Weak things united become strong

47] Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard

48] A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

49] Desire beautifies what is ugly

50] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

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

52] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

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

54] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

55] What will not money do?

56] Wedlock is padlock

57] A good wife makes a good husband

58] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

59] A good conscience is a sure card

60] Few words are best

61] Ignorance is the peace of life

62] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

63] No man is wise at all times

64] A bad excuse is better than none at all

65] First think, and then speak

66] Bad luck often brings good luck

67] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

68] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

69] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

70] The best things in life are free

71] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

72] Lend never that thing you needed most

73] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

74] Ill news comes unsent for.

75] He travels the fastest who travels alone

76] A golden key opens every door

77] Money has no smell

78] A closed mouth catches no files

79] That which is easily done is soon believed

80] He who last, laughs longest.

81] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

82] Once a knave, always a knave

83] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

84] Talk much end err much

85] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

86] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

87] They are rich who have true friends

88] The fairest silk is soonest stained

89] Love will find a way

90] One barber shaves another gratis

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

92] One fool praises another

93] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

94] Hunger breaks stone walls

95] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

96] Time flies

97] Silence never makes mistakes

98] All good things must come to an end

99] The highest tree has the greatest fall

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