Famous Proverbs

1] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

2] When angry, count a hundred

3] Patience surpasses learning

4] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

5] A good Conscience is the best divinity

6] Old foxes want no tutors

7] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

8] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

9] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

10] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

11] Thrift is a great revenue

12] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

13] No hair so small but has his shadow

14] Tomorrow never comes

15] The Pen is mightier than the sword

16] One may change the place but not the mind.

17] No one ought to judge in his own cause

18] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

19] Trust not the many-minded populace

20] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

21] Law makers should not be law breakers

22] Even reckoning makes long friends

23] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

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

25] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

26] He that is long a-giving knows not how to give

27] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

28] Money is the sinew of affairs

29] Marriages are made in heaven

30] Excessive happiness produces pain

31] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

32] Content is more than a kingdom

33] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

34] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

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

36] When luck comes, who doesn’t; when luck doesn’t come, who does?

37] Repentance comes too late

38] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

39] He who excuses himself accuses himself

40] Out of debt, out of danger

41] A learned man has always riches in himself

42] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

43] There is many a true word spoken in jest

44] Money is the sinew of affairs

45] Never do things by halves

46] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

47] Eat to live and not live to eat.

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

49] The best things in life are free

50] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

51] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

52] The belly carries the legs

53] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

54] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

55] There are two sides to every question

56] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

57] Don’t play with fire

58] Take the tone of the company you are in

59] One good deed makes up for a thousand bad ones.

60] Easy come, easy go

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

62] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

63] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

64] Things are seldom what they seem.

65] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

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

67] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

68] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

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

70] They that dance must pay the fiddler

71] If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

72] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

73] Many a little makes a mickle

74] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

75] The faulty stands on his guard

76] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

77] Long absent, soon forgotten

78] Youth will have its course.

79] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

80] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

81] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

82] There is many a fair thing full false

83] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

84] No pain, no cure

85] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

86] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

87] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

88] Friendship should not be all on one side

89] Lavishness is not generosity

90] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

91] Findings are keepings

92] Pride goes before a fall

93] Don’t tell tales out of school

94] Fair play’s a jewel

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

96] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

97] He who comes first, grinds first.

98] Creditors have better memories than debtors

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

100] Many hands make light work