Famous Proverbs

1] Wise men propose, and fools determine

2] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

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

4] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

5] Fortune does not stand waiting at any man’s door

6] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

7] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

8] Grin and bear it

9] How forceful are right words

10] Even Homer sometimes nods

11] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

12] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

13] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

14] A change is as good as rest

15] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

16] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

17] A good husband makes a good wife

18] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

19] It is not work that kills but worry

20] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

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

22] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

23] What may be done at any time is done at no time

24] A wise man hears one word and understands two

25] Tell the truth and shame the devil

26] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

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

28] Suffering does not manifest itself

29] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

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

31] Who greases his way travels easily

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

33] The golden age was never the present age

34] The belly carries the legs

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

36] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

37] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

38] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

39] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

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

41] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

42] Words cut more than swords

43] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

44] Slow but sure wins the race

45] One kindness is the price of another

46] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

47] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

48] Crows are all completely black

49] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

50] None so busy as those who do nothing.

51] One hand washes the other

52] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

53] In doing we learn.

54] A loveless life is a living death

55] A healthy man is a successful man

56] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

57] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

58] Love sees no fault

59] See how the wind blows

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

61] Spare the rod and spoil the child

62] An ill tongue may do much

63] No wrong without a remedy

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

65] Care is no cure

66] Long life has long misery

67] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

68] Never say die

69] The labourer is worthy of his hire

70] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

71] Barking dogs seldom bite

72] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

73] Let like mate with like

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

75] Slow help is no help

76] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

77] The devil dances in an empty pocket

78] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

79] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

80] If you have known one, you have known them all

81] He that obey cannot command

82] A change is as good as rest

83] Needs must when the evil drives

84] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

85] Ready money is a ready remedy

86] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

87] Slow and steady wins the race

88] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

89] He who touches pitch will be defiled

90] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

91] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

92] The sun shines upon all alike.

93] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

94] Great hopes make great men

95] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

96] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

97] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda

98] An old dog barks not in vain

99] Much would have more

100] Ill news comes unsent for.