Famous Proverbs

1] None but the brave deserves the fair

2] More have repented speech than silence

3] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

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

5] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

6] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

7] Open confession is good for the soul

8] Wrong has no warrant

9] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

10] No garden without its weeds.

11] Silence never makes mistakes

12] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

13] Of one ill come many

14] Affection blinds reason

15] All glory comes from daring to begin

16] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

17] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

18] The tide must be taken when it comes

19] Kindness lies in one side of the house

20] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

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

22] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

23] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

24] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

25] A fault confessed is half redressed

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

27] The more you get, the more you want

28] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

29] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

30] A prophet is without honour in his own country

31] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

32] Crows are all completely black

33] The end justifies the means

34] No feast lasts forever.

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

36] A good husband makes a good wife

37] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

38] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

39] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

40] Spare the rod and spoil the child

41] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

42] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

43] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

44] Words fly, writings remain

45] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

46] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

47] I may not have tasted their flesh but I’ve seen enough to know how pigs walk

48] It is too late to look up after you have collided

49] Nature hates all sudden changes

50] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

51] Patience is the remedy of the world

52] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

53] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

54] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

55] Extremity of right is wrong

56] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

57] Nature is conquered by obeying her

58] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

59] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

60] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

61] Health and money go far

62] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

63] No flying without wings.

64] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

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

66] Years know more than books

67] Cut your coat according to your cloth

68] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

69] Homo is a common name to all men.

70] Flesh is frail

71] Old cattle breed not

72] Borrowed garments never fit well

73] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

74] Better are small fish than an empty dish

75] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

76] Good wine needs no bush

77] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

78] A good paymaster never wants workmen

79] Know thyself

80] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

81] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

82] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

83] Black will take no other hue

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

85] No cross, no crown

86] Better an egg in peace than an ox in war

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

88] The devil looks after his own

89] Forewarned is forearmed

90] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

91] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

92] Suffering does not manifest itself

93] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

94] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

95] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

96] Words cut more than swords

97] A jack of all traders is master of none

98] A good name is sooner lost than won

99] Seeing is believing

100] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade