Famous Proverbs

1] Might knows no right

2] Take heed is a fair thing

3] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

4] Life means strife

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

6] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

7] We live laws, not by examples

8] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

9] As you sow, so shall you reap

10] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

11] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

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

13] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

14] Long life has long misery

15] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

16] Patient waiters are no losers

17] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

18] You win some, you lose some

19] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

20] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

21] No good building without a good foundation.

22] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

23] A fault once denied is twice committed

24] East or west, home is best

25] It is too late to call back yesterday

26] Live and let live

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

28] Love knows no limit

29] Never grieve for what you cannot help

30] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

31] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

32] Honesty is the best policy

33] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

34] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

35] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

36] Every man is his own worst enemy

37] It is useless to flog a dead horse

38] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

39] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

40] All men are mortal

41] Man cannot live by bread alone

42] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

43] A still tongue makes a wise head

44] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

45] Wise men silent, fools talk

46] Slow help is no help

47] Years know more than books

48] Many drops make a shower

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

50] Like mistress, like maid

51] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

52] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

53] Choose thy company before thy drink

54] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

55] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

56] The falling drops hollow the stone

57] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

58] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

59] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

60] All griefs with bread are less

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

62] Wash your dirty linen at home

63] All things are difficult before they are easy

64] What the king wills, that the law wills

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

66] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

67] An army marches on its stomach

68] Mirth is the sugar of life

69] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

70] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

71] An honest good look covers many faults.

72] Evil to him who evil thinks.

73] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

74] All for one, and one for all.

75] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

76] Without diligence, no prize

77] Fools live poor to die rich

78] He who comes late must eat what is left

79] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

80] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

81] Every flow must have its ebb

82] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

83] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

84] Each day brings its own bread

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

86] Kindness lies in one side of the house

87] Better never begin than never make an end

88] He that praises himself, spatters himself

89] There is many a fair thing full false

90] Strike while the iron is hot

91] Patience is a plaster for all sores

92] Fear of death is worse than death itself

93] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

94] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

95] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

96] Love is blind

97] Where there is whispering there is lying

98] The good intention excuses the bad action

99] Misfortunes never come singly

100] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet