Famous Proverbs

1] Good ware makes quick market

2] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

3] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

4] A merchant that gains not, loses

5] Don’t cry for the moon

6] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

7] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

8] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

9] Never too late to late to repent

10] Tell a lie and stick to it.

11] A hungry man is angry man

12] A good tongue is a good weapon

13] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

14] Quickly come, quickly go

15] No man can serve two masters

16] Suffering does not manifest itself

17] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

18] An Englishman’s home is his castle

19] Better be alone than in bad company

20] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

21] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

22] Threatened folk live long

23] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

24] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

25] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

26] He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

27] Many hands make light work

28] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

29] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

30] His bark is worse than his bite

31] The tongue talks at the heads cost

32] Either mend or end

33] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

34] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

35] Anger managers everything badly.

36] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

37] Better late than never, but better never late

38] No wrong without a remedy

39] Nothing seek, nothing find

40] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

41] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

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

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

44] Light grows the burden which is well borne

45] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

46] History repeats itself

47] No answer is also an answer

48] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

49] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

50] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

51] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

52] Better be born lucky than wise.

53] A loveless life is a living death

54] It costs more to do ill than to do well

55] No man is indispensable

56] A fool always rushes to the fore.

57] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

58] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

59] Give and spend, and God will send

60] It is best to be on the safe side

61] A useful trade is a mine of gold

62] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

63] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

64] Better the foot slip than the tongue

65] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

66] Rich folk have many friends

67] Idleness is the root of all evil

68] No man is infallible

69] To advise someone not to gamble is to win money for him

70] All things are difficult before they are easy

71] One must be a servant before one can be a master

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

73] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

74] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

75] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

76] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

77] Dead men tell no tales

78] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

79] All lay loads on a willing horse

80] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

81] There is no rose without a thorn

82] No hair so small but has his shadow

83] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

84] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

85] The deed comes back upon the doer.

86] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

87] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

88] Love knows no limit

89] Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp

90] We have all been once in our life

91] There is none misfortune cannot reach

92] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

93] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

94] Little and often fills the purse

95] His bark is worse than his bite

96] Life is short and time is swift

97] Think on the end before you begin

98] Train the child in the way he should go.

99] Don’t take your harp to the party

100] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.