Famous Proverbs

1] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

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

3] Those near the temple deride the gods

4] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

5] It is the first step that is troublesome

6] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

7] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

8] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

9] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

10] An oak is not felled at one stroke

11] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

12] Judge not the tree by its bark

13] Nothing comes from nothing

14] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

15] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

16] In haste is error

17] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

18] Nearest the heart comes out first

19] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

20] Tomorrow is another day

21] The company makes the feast

22] You never know your luck

23] Manners make the man

24] Even silence may be eloquent

25] No man fears what he has seen grow

26] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

27] He who sows, trusts in God

28] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

29] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

30] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

31] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

32] Advise none to marry or to go to war

33] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

34] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

35] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

36] All things are difficult before they are easy

37] Empty vessels make the most sound

38] Once a use and ever a custom

39] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

40] Dog does not eat dog

41] Procrastination is the thief of time

42] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

43] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

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

45] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

46] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

47] Better belly burst than good meat lost

48] Wrong has no warrant

49] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

50] When wine sinks, words swim

51] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

52] Innocence is no protection

53] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

54] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

55] For a web begun, God sends the thread

56] Health is great riches

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

58] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

59] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

60] A bully is always a coward

61] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

62] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

63] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

64] Clothes do not make the man

65] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

66] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

67] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

68] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

69] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

70] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

71] Every man is his own worst enemy

72] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

73] The course of true love never did run smooth

74] One hand washes the other

75] You may know by a handful the whole sack

76] The biter is sometimes bit

77] No choice amongst stinking fish

78] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

79] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

80] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

81] The devil lurks behind the cross

82] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

83] Never too late to late to repent

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

85] He who excuses himself accuses himself

86] Think on the end before you begin

87] Rip not up old sores

88] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

89] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

90] Love is blind

91] A living dog is better than a dead lion

92] Of two evils choose the lesser

93] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

94] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

95] He that wants health wants all

96] An oak is not felled at one stroke

97] A cat may look at a king

98] One can’t help many, but many can help one

99] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

100] Better an open enemy than a false friend