Famous Proverbs

1] All truths are not to be told

2] In fair weather prepare for foul

3] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

4] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

5] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

6] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

7] The devil lurks behind the cross

8] No man is infallible

9] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

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

11] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

12] The dog is a lion in his own house

13] Children and fools have merry lives

14] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

15] Beauty is only skin deep

16] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

17] Never judge from appearances

18] Nothing seek, nothing find

19] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

20] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

21] The value of money is having it.

22] A hungry man is angry man

23] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

24] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

25] An old man is a bed full of bones

26] We have all been once in our life

27] If you play with fire you get burnt

28] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

29] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

30] He that promises too much means nothing

31] Four eyes see better than two.

32] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

33] A good paymaster needs no surety

34] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

35] Every advantage has its disadvantage

36] All are not saints that go to church

37] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

38] Fortune is blind

39] Still waters run deep

40] Ambition loses many a man

41] He that sows virtue reaps fame

42] Great oaks from little acorns grow

43] Facts are stubborn things

44] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

45] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

46] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

47] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

48] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

49] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

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

51] Fish and guests smell in three days

52] Appetite comes with eating

53] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

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

55] The day obliterates the promise of the might

56] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

57] The lion had need of the mouse

58] He travels the fastest who travels alone

59] Beware of him who makes thee presents

60] Don’t take your harp to the party

61] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

62] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

63] Never spend your money before you have it

64] What is word but wind?

65] Barking dogs seldom bite

66] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

67] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

68] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

69] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

70] He that has an ill name is half hanged

71] An open door may tempt a saint

72] The world is full of fools

73] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

74] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

75] Nothing is given so freely as advice

76] There is no redemption from hell

77] Company in misery makes it light

78] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

79] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

80] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

81] A good marksman may miss

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

83] All lay loads on a willing horse

84] Better late than never, but better never late

85] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

86] Eat to live and not live to eat.

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

88] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

89] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

90] Slow help is no help

91] Better learn late than never

92] If you have known one, you have known them all

93] Man cannot live by bread alone

94] Bad luck often brings good luck

95] Appetite comes with eating

96] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

97] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

98] The dog that fetches, will carry.

99] He that sows virtue reaps fame

100] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget