Famous Proverbs

1] He that promises too much means nothing

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

3] Put out your tubs when it is raining

4] The wisest of the wise may err.

5] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

6] Pinch the right thigh and the left will feel the pain too.

7] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

8] To err is human; to forgive, divine

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

10] There are two sides to every question

11] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

12] Walls have ears

13] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

14] God’s lambs will play.

15] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

16] Mirth is the sugar of life

17] Home is where the heart is

18] What is the mother of industry

19] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

20] Virtue joints man to god

21] Grin and bear it

22] Curiosity killed the cat.

23] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

24] As is the mould, so will the cake be.

25] Make the best of a bad bargain

26] God is a sure paymaster

27] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

28] Business is business

29] An ill tongue may do much

30] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

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

32] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

33] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

34] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

35] Rip not up old sores

36] To err is human

37] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

38] No convenience without its inconvenience

39] Least said, soonest mended

40] Give credit where credit is due

41] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

42] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

43] It is never too late to mend

44] Opportunity makes the thief

45] Better to be safe than sorry.

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

47] Call a spade a spade

48] He that praises himself, spatters himself

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

50] The resolved mind has no cares

51] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

52] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

53] He that hopes not for good, fears not evil.

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

55] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

56] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

57] Without luck, it is better not to be born

58] Kingdoms divided soon fall

59] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

60] Every cloud has a silver lining

61] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

62] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

63] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

64] Idleness is the root of all evil

65] III counsel mars all

66] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

67] There is no blindness like ignorance

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

69] Lookers-on see more than players

70] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

71] All covet all lose.

72] Silence is also speech

73] Better at home than a mile from it

74] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

75] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

76] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

77] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

78] He that speaks not, God hears not

79] They that dance must pay the fiddler

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

81] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

82] He that lives ill, fear follows him

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

84] Threatened folk live long

85] The great fish eat up the small

86] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

87] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

88] A man may learn wit every day.

89] Variety is the spice of life

90] He that brings good news, knocks hard

91] He that brings good news, knocks hard

92] Anything will fit a naked man.

93] All for one, and one for all.

94] The voice is the best music

95] There is nothing permanent except change

96] Stolen sweets are sweeter

97] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

98] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

99] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

100] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams