Famous Proverbs

1] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

2] Dirty water does not wash clean.

3] An evil life is a kind of death.

4] By his deeds we know a man

5] Great actions speak minds

6] Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

7] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

8] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

9] All are not saints that go to church

10] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

11] Great trees keep down the little ones

12] It takes a wise man to be a fool

13] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

14] A man’s wealth is his enemy

15] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

16] Better learn late than never

17] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

18] No man is indispensable

19] Let bygones be bygones

20] Money is the sinew of affairs

21] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

22] Pleasant hours fly past

23] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

24] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

25] Little by little and bit by bit.

26] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

27] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

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

29] Beware of no man more than himself

30] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

31] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

32] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

33] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

34] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

35] A hungry man is angry man

36] Nature hates all sudden changes

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

38] Manners make the man

39] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

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

41] A good conscience is a constant feast

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

43] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

44] Half a loaf is better than do bread

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

46] Sickness shows us what we are

47] Let sleeping dogs lie

48] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

49] God provides for him that trusts

50] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

51] There is no redemption from hell

52] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

53] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

54] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

55] One man’s loss is another’s gain

56] Mirth without measure is madness

57] No man is a hero to his valet

58] Honour is the reward of virtue

59] A good wife is a good prize

60] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

61] Birds of a feather flock together

62] Pride goes before a fall

63] Health is great riches

64] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

65] All things for not all persons

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

67] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

68] Money is the only monarch

69] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

70] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

71] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

72] It is ill jesting with edged tools

73] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

74] We don’t get something for nothing

75] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

76] A man can die but once

77] When in doubt, do nothing

78] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

79] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

80] The dog that fetches, will carry.

81] Every dog is valiant at his won door

82] Everything is good in its season

83] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

84] You can’t tell a book by its cover

85] Truth conquers all things

86] Waste not, want not

87] Beauty is only skin deep

88] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

89] Honesty is ill to thrive by

90] He that has an ill name is half hanged

91] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

92] There is truth in wine

93] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

94] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

95] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

96] Man proposes, God disposes

97] It is more pain to do nothing than something

98] Pardon makes offenders

99] What costs little is little esteemed

100] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent