Famous Proverbs

1] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

2] Like mother, like daughter

3] Every man to his trade.

4] He mediates revenge who least complains.

5] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

6] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

7] That which proves too much proves nothing

8] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

9] Far fowls have fair feather

10] Every dog is valiant at his won door

11] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

12] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

13] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

14] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

15] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

16] A constant guest is never welcome

17] By falling we learn to go safely

18] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

19] It is not every question that deserves an answer

20] Everything is good in its season

21] He that hath a full purse never wanted (or lacked) a friend

22] Let us do evil that good may come

23] Nothing succeeds like success

24] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

25] Stolen sweets are sweeter

26] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

27] The young will sow their wild oats

28] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

29] Plain dealing is best

30] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

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

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

33] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

34] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

35] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

36] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

37] Fortune is blind

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

39] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

40] Praise no man till he is dead.

41] Think on the end before you begin

42] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

43] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

44] Love laughs at locksmiths

45] The cowl does not make the monk.

46] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

47] It is easier to capture a tiger in the hills than to ask for favours from a man

48] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

49] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

50] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

51] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

52] Lose a leg rather than a life

53] Crowns have cares

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

55] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

56] Time flies

57] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

58] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

59] Between two stools you fall to the ground

60] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

61] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

62] Children should be seen and not heard

63] Good is good but better carries it

64] Much law but little justice

65] Bad excuses are worse than none.

66] Big words seldom go with good deeds

67] True gold is not transformed by fire

68] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

69] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

70] A golden key opens every door

71] A good husband makes a good wife

72] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

73] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

74] Fine feathers make fine birds.

75] Children and fools have merry lives

76] Too much cunning undoes

77] Prospect is often better than possession

78] Put not the bucket too often in the well

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

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

81] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

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

83] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

84] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

85] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

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

87] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

88] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

89] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

90] Rich folk have many friends

91] Grief pent up will break the heart

92] Beware of no man more than himself

93] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

94] Bold resolution is the favourite of providence

95] The end makes all equal

96] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

97] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

98] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

99] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

100] One man’s loss is another’s gain