Famous Proverbs

1] There’s no great loss without some gain

2] When you do not know what to do – wait.

3] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

4] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

5] Rome was not (or cannot be) built in a day

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

7] Do not limp before the lame

8] An old fox is not easily snared

9] Danger makes men devout

10] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

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

12] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

13] Birds once snared fear all bushes

14] Learning is the eye of the mind

15] There is no smoke without fire

16] Woes unite foes

17] He that repairs not a part, builds all

18] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

19] No man is born wise or learned

20] By his deeds we know a man

21] Not even Hercules could contend against two

22] Boys will be boys

23] Parents are patterns

24] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

25] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

26] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

27] Blood is thicker than water

28] Valour delights in the test

29] You are never too old to learn

30] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

31] They also serve who only stand and wait

32] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

33] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

34] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

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

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

37] No news is good news

38] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

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

40] When in doubt, do nothing

41] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

42] Diligence is the mother of good luck

43] Procrastination is the thief of time

44] Desperate diseases need desperate cures

45] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

46] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

47] Empty vessels make the most noise

48] Rip not up old sores

49] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

50] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

51] The deed comes back upon the doer.

52] Love knows hidden paths

53] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

54] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

55] Travel broadens the mind

56] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

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

58] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

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

60] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

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

62] There is no tree but bears some fruit

63] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

64] A prophet is without honour in his own country

65] Crust is better than no bread

66] Once a use and ever a custom

67] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

68] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

69] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

70] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

71] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

72] Slow help is no help

73] Best is cheapest

74] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

75] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

76] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

77] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

78] Gold may be bought too dear

79] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

80] His own ingenuity pricks him.

81] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

82] The dog is a lion in his own house

83] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

84] Homer sometimes nods

85] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

86] Patience is a virtue

87] He that has plenty of goods will have more

88] He who does nothing but sits and eats, will wear away a mountain of wealth

89] He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse

90] Crows are all completely black

91] Take the tone of the company you are in

92] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

93] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

94] Wisdom is better than strength

95] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

96] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

97] It is never too late to mend

98] He who begins many things, finishes but few

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

100] There’s no place like home