Famous Proverbs

1] Acorns were good till bread was found

2] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

3] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

4] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

5] He that speaks well, flights well

6] He that can stay. Obtains

7] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

8] Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

9] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

10] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

11] Eat to live and not live to eat.

12] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

13] Charity begins at home.

14] There is no smoke without fire

15] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

16] Nothing is so certain as death

17] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

18] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

19] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

20] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

21] A goose drinks as much as gander

22] A jest breaks no bones

23] III counsel mars all

24] Every advantage has its disadvantage

25] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

26] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

27] He that travels far knows much

28] Virtue joints man to god

29] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

30] First thrive then wive

31] Love cannot be compelled

32] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

33] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

34] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

35] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

36] First creep, then walk

37] He knows most who speaks least

38] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

39] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

40] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

41] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

42] Man does what he can, and God what he will

43] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

44] Like breeds like

45] Some are wise and some are otherwise

46] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

47] Precept begins, examples accomplish

48] A man without a wife is but half a man

49] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

50] Needs must when the devil drives

51] Numbers overcome the brave

52] He that cannot ask, cannot live

53] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

54] Sorrow will pay no debt

55] Like master, like man

56] Take the will for the deed

57] Haste makes waste

58] A cat may look at a king

59] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

60] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

61] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

62] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

63] Cast not the first stone.

64] Call a spade a spade

65] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

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

67] Slow and steady wins the race

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

69] Train the child in the way he should go.

70] Walls have ears

71] The greatest talkers are the least doers

72] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

73] He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

74] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

75] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

76] He who does no good, does evil enough

77] Kindness lies in one side of the house

78] Wrong has no warrant

79] Set a thief to catch a thief

80] At a good bargain thinks twice

81] He who envies admits his inferiority

82] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

83] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

84] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

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

86] The pen is the tongue of the hand

87] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

88] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

89] Do as you would be done by

90] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

91] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

92] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

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

94] Barking dogs seldom bite

95] Black will take no other hue

96] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

97] Time flees without a delay

98] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

99] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

100] Clothes do not make the man