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Famous Proverbs

1] Stolen sweets are sweeter
2] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull
3] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.
4] Sow thin and mow thin
5] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar
6] Hope keeps man alive
7] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves
8] A good friend is my nearest relation
9] He that cannot ask, cannot live
10] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.
11] Even silence may be eloquent
12] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them
13] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.
14] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again
15] It is easier to pull down than to build
16] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle
17] Every man for himself, and God for us all.
18] Time lost cannot be recalled
19] It is as well to know which way the wind blows
20] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.
21] Common fame is a liar
22] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet
23] Leave well alone
24] Work won’t kill but worry will.
25] He loses his thanks who promises and delays
26] Silence is golden
27] He who envies admits his inferiority
28] As you sow, so shall you reap
29] Crime does not pay
30] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?
31] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock
32] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick
33] Dog does not eat dog
34] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business
35] Love laughs at locksmiths
36] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.
37] Custom makes all things easy
38] All are not thieves that dogs bark at
39] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings
40] Bare walls make giddy housewives
41] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price
42] A little learning is dangerous thing
43] Laugh and grow fat
44] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief
45] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe
46] Never tell your enemy that your foot aches
47] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.
48] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would
49] Take heed is a fair thing
50] It is an ill bargain where no man wins
51] A contented mind is a perpetual feast
52] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices
53] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects
54] No garden without its weeds.
55] Better an apple given than eaten
56] Take things as you find them
57] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do
58] From small beginnings come great things
59] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice
60] Work won’t kill but worry will.
61] Life begins only in success
62] Woes unite foes
63] Better an apple given than eaten
64] No man is infallible
65] Fortune is blind
66] He that is down need fear no fall
67] Danger makes men devout
68] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.
69] Wishes can never fill a sack
70] No pain, no cure
71] When angry, count a hundred
72] A little body often harbours a great soul
73] Truth conquers all things
74] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
75] All things for not all persons
76] Haste is of (or from) the devil
77] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head
78] A door must be either shut or open
79] Forecast is better than work-hard
80] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her
81] Don’t play with fire
82] Venture a small fish to catch a big one
83] Out of debt, out of danger
84] Hope is but the dream of those that wake
85] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned
86] Judge not, that ye be not judged
87] Trusting often makes fidelity
88] The little cannot be great unless he devours many
89] Open confession is good for the soul
90] One is never too old to learn
91] There’s always room at the top
92] A man without a wife is but half a man
93] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst
94] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example
95] Money is the sinews of war
96] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead
97] A good wife is a good prize
98] Money is power
99] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden
100] A learned man has always riches in himself



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