Famous Proverbs

1] He that speaks not, God hears not

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

3] There is many a fair thing full false

4] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

5] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

6] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

7] Help a lame dog over a stile

8] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

9] Silence is golden

10] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

11] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

12] Strength grows stronger by being tried

13] There’s no place like home

14] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

15] Quietness is a great treasure

16] He that sows virtue reaps fame

17] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

18] The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man

19] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

20] Silence is also speech

21] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

22] All’s fair in love and war

23] Many hands make light work

24] When you do not know what to do – wait.

25] Dreams are lies

26] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

27] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

28] At a good bargain thinks twice

29] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

30] You cannot unscramble eggs

31] Know thyself

32] If the cap fits, wear it

33] A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

34] Zeal without prudence is frenzy

35] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

36] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

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

38] No one betrays himself by silence

39] Failure teaches success

40] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

41] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

42] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

43] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.

44] It is a shame to be shameless

45] Make hay while the sun shines

46] Ill luck is good for something

47] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

48] He is wise who looks ahead

49] All things for not all persons

50] The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man

51] Hope is the poor man’s bread

52] Custom makes all things easy

53] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

54] Health is better than wealth

55] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

56] Do right and fear no man

57] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

58] Hard words break no bones

59] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

60] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

61] Fair play’s a jewel

62] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

63] A constant guest is never welcome

64] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

65] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

66] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

67] Man does what he can, and God what he will

68] Crows are all completely black

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

70] Few words are best

71] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

72] Little and often fills the purse

73] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

74] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

75] It is good fishing in troubled waters

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

77] What is word but wind?

78] It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

79] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

80] Children learn to creep ere they can go

81] Misery loves company.

82] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

83] He knows most who speaks least

84] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

85] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

86] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

87] It chances in an hour, that appears not in seven years

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

89] Where god will help, nothing does harm

90] Do as I say, not as I do

91] Live and let live

92] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

93] As you bake, so shall you eat.

94] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

95] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

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

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

98] It is easy to be wise after the event

99] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

100] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended