Famous Proverbs

1] Do as most men do, then most men well speak well of you

2] Shrouds have no pockets

3] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

4] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

5] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

6] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

7] Live and let live

8] Blood is thicker than water

9] An angry man is not fit to pray

10] Of three main roads, take the middle one

11] There are two sides to every question

12] An empty sack cannot stand upright

13] When bees area old, they yield n honey

14] A good payer is master of another’s purse

15] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

16] Faint heart never won fair lady

17] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

18] There is no royal road to learning

19] Little pitchers have big ears.

20] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

21] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

22] Of two evils choose the lesser

23] No day so clear but has dark clouds

24] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

25] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

26] His own ingenuity pricks him.

27] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

28] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

29] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

30] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

31] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

32] The voice is the best music

33] Between two stools you fall to the ground

34] Every one thinks his own cross is heaviest

35] Nature will have her course

36] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

37] Nature does nothing in vain

38] Friendship should not be all on one

39] The voice is the best music

40] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

41] The dog is a lion in his own house

42] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

43] The fairest flowers soonest fade

44] Give yourself a pinch, and you will know how a pinch must hurt others

45] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

46] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

47] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

48] Paddle your own canoe

49] Praises fill not the belly

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

51] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

52] Easier said than done

53] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

54] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

55] New things are fair

56] What has been, may be

57] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

58] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

59] Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

60] Respect is greater from a distance

61] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

62] Other times, other manners

63] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

64] No like is the same.

65] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

66] He that will not be counseled, cannot be helped

67] Wine is the best broom for trouble

68] He that has good money, gives few alms

69] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

70] Wise men are caught in wiles

71] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

72] Corn him well and he will work better

73] Possibilities are infinite

74] Every man has his faults

75] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

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

77] Anger without power is folly

78] Health is great riches

79] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

80] Every flow must have its ebb

81] Idleness is the root of all evil

82] Do not limp before the lame

83] The leopard cannot change its spots

84] Well done is better than well said

85] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

86] The hole calls the thief

87] Practice makes perfect

88] A fool and his money are soon parted

89] The great fish eat up the small

90] No land without stones, or meat without bones

91] Misfortune arrives on horseback but departs on foot

92] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

93] One potter envies another

94] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

95] More than enough is too much

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

97] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

98] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

99] He who wills the end, Wills the means

100] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.