Famous Proverbs

1] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

2] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

3] Death is the grand leveler

4] Fair play’s a jewel

5] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

6] You win some, you lose some

7] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

8] The longest night will have an end

9] Possibilities are infinite

10] A golden key opens every door

11] Love your friend with his fault

12] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

13] Do not triumph before the victory

14] First things first

15] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

16] There’s no great loss without some gain

17] Leave well alone

18] Money is the root of all evil

19] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

20] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

21] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

22] The last drop makes the cup run over

23] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

24] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

25] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

26] Mercy surpasses justice

27] Death keeps no calendar

28] Time has wings

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

30] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

31] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

32] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

33] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

34] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

35] Like master, like man

36] A little learning is dangerous thing

37] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

38] Slow but sure wins the race

39] Gossiping and lying go together

40] One must howl with the wolves

41] There is nothing permanent except change

42] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

43] Life is short and time is swift

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

45] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

46] An oak is not felled at one stroke

47] Words are but wind

48] Young colts will canter.

49] Old habits die hard

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

51] Content is more than a kingdom

52] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

53] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

54] Beauty draws more than oxen

55] Do as say, not as I do

56] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

57] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

58] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

59] The company makes the feast

60] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

61] Those near the temple deride the gods

62] The devil knows many things because he is old

63] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

64] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

65] Never judge from appearances

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

67] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

68] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

69] First impressions are half the battle

70] What the king wills, that the law wills

71] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

72] Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

73] The exception proves the rule

74] A straight stick is crooked in water

75] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

76] Never spend your money before you have it

77] Health and wealth create beauty

78] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

79] It’s a long lane that has no turning

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

81] Much meat, much malady

82] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

83] A merchant that gains not, loses

84] Silence is a woman’s best garment

85] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

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

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

88] It is useless to flog a dead horse

89] Tempt not a desperate man

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

91] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

92] Where there’s muck, there’s money

93] Jesters do oft prove prophets

94] Silence and thinking can no man offend

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

96] One of these days is none of these days

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

98] Great barkers are no biters

99] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

100] A true man and a thief think not the same