Famous Proverbs

1] Will is the cause of woe

2] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

3] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

4] History repeats itself

5] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

6] Better say noting than no to the purpose

7] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

8] A single rose does not mean spring

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

10] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

11] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

12] All glory comes from daring to begin

13] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

14] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

15] After the extreme of cold comes spring

16] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

17] A watched pot never boils

18] Young saint, old devil.

19] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

20] Needs must when the devil drives

21] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

22] Mirth is the sugar of life

23] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

24] Cowards die many times before their deaths

25] Many a little makes a mickle

26] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

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

28] We shall lie all alike in our graves

29] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

30] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

31] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

32] The best go first

33] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all

34] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

35] Pleasing ware is half sold

36] Frugality is the mother of virtue

37] Many doctors, death accomplished

38] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

39] He that seeks trouble never misses

40] How ever much you learn, you won’t know how to raise the dead

41] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

42] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

43] Choose thy company before thy drink

44] Hunger is sharper than the sword

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

46] The devil looks after his own

47] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

48] Cast not the first stone.

49] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

50] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

51] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

52] A living dog is better than a dead lion

53] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

54] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

55] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

56] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

57] Empty vessels make the most noise

58] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

59] He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse

60] Soon gotten, soon spent

61] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

62] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

63] Findings are keepings

64] The golden age was never the present age

65] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

66] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

67] High places have their precipices

68] Custom makes all things easy

69] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

70] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

71] There is nothing lost by civility

72] Love me, love my dog

73] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

74] Ale will make a cat speak

75] A soft answer turns away wrath

76] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

77] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

78] Fair play’s a jewel

79] He who demands does not command

80] All good things must come to an end

81] It is no use crying over spilt milk

82] Call no man happy till he is dead

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

84] Delay is the antidote of anger

85] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

86] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

87] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

88] Take time by the forelock

89] Step by step the ladder is ascended

90] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

91] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

92] Youth will have its course.

93] Many a true word is spoken in jest

94] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

95] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

96] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

97] A gift much expected is paid, not given

98] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

99] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

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