Famous Proverbs

1] One cannot love and be wise

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

3] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

4] Findings are keepings

5] Wink at small faults

6] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

7] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

8] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

9] Cruelty is more cruel, if we defer the pain

10] Lucky men need no counsel

11] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

12] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

13] Dying is as natural as living

14] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

15] He that sows virtue reaps fame

16] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

17] He who teaches learns

18] No sweet without sweat

19] New lords, new laws

20] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

21] Soon gotten, soon spent

22] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

23] An old dog barks not in vain

24] Hunger breaks stone walls

25] Little pitchers have big ears.

26] All’s fish that comes to the net

27] The longest journey starts with a single step

28] The best things come in small packages

29] When angry, count a hundred

30] Not even Hercules could contend against two

31] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

32] Everything is good in its season

33] Young colts will canter.

34] Nothing is given so freely as advice

35] Whatever man has done, man can do

36] Crows are all completely black

37] There is nothing new under the sun

38] He who hesitates is lost

39] He who teaches learns

40] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

41] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

42] Beauty fades like a flower.

43] No choice amongst stinking fish

44] Fools grow without watering.

45] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

46] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

47] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

48] It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

49] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

50] Lavishness is not generosity

51] The bait hides the hook

52] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

53] There is a black sheep in every flock

54] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

55] Like will to like

56] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

57] It is easier to pull down than to build

58] Live and let live

59] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

60] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

61] First think, and then speak

62] Dreams go by contraries

63] Wine is the best broom for trouble

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

65] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

66] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

67] Success has many friends

68] None can guess the jewel by the casket

69] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

70] Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter

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

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

73] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

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

75] Live and Learn

76] Health without money is half an ague

77] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

78] Never judge from appearances

79] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

80] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

81] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

82] White there’s life there’s hope

83] Gold is tried in the fire

84] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

85] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

86] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

87] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

88] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

89] Sooner begun, sooner done

90] When luck comes, who doesn’t; when luck doesn’t come, who does?

91] Care brings grey hair.

92] An open door may tempt a saint

93] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

94] He that obey cannot command

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

96] Necessity is the mother of invention

97] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

98] He is an ill husband who is not missed

99] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

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