Famous Proverbs

1] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

2] Little by little and bit by bit.

3] Great oaks from little acorns grow

4] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

5] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

6] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

7] Conscience does make cowards of us all

8] Little pitchers have big ears.

9] He who has seen little marvels much

10] Beauty draws more than oxen

11] He that wants health wants all

12] Every light has its shadow

13] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

14] Give credit where credit is due

15] Variety takes away satiety

16] In the land of hope there is never any winter

17] Make the best of a bad job

18] The resolved mind has no cares

19] Man punishes the action but God the intention

20] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

21] Distance lends enchantment to the view

22] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

23] Small is beautiful

24] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

25] Virtue has all things in itself

26] Give the devil his due

27] We live laws, not by examples

28] Care brings grey hair.

29] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

30] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

31] Nature hates all sudden changes

32] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

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

34] Accidents will happen

35] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

36] You cannot serve God and Mammon

37] Desire beautifies what is ugly

38] It is good fishing in troubled waters

39] A little too late, is much too late

40] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

41] Trust is the mother of deceit

42] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

43] Life is short and time is swift

44] The young will sow their wild oats

45] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

46] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

47] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

48] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

49] Slow but sure wins the race

50] A good conscience is a constant feast

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

52] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

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

54] What is worse than ill luck?

55] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

56] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

57] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

58] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

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

60] Vice makes virtue shine

61] By falling we learn to go safely

62] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

63] It is not work that kills but worry

64] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

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

66] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

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

68] When meat is in anger is out

69] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

70] Give a loan and buy quarrel

71] III luck is good for something

72] What the king wills, that the law wills

73] The devil lurks behind the cross

74] The cobbler should stick to his last

75] It is best to be on the safe side

76] Nothing comes from nothing

77] You win some, you lose some

78] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

79] Necessity is a powerful weapon

80] A little too late, is much too late

81] Extremity of right is wrong

82] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

83] He who last, laughs longest.

84] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

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

86] He that can stay. Obtains

87] Fingers were made before forks

88] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

89] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

90] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

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

92] A good garden may have some ill weeds

93] All for one, and one for all.

94] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

95] Silence gives (or means) consent

96] Every dog is valiant at his won door

97] Custom makes all things easy

98] Money is the sinews of war

99] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

100] Empty vessels make the most sound