Famous Proverbs

1] Riches along make no men happy

2] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

3] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

4] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

5] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

6] He that speaks not, God hears not

7] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

8] An oak is not felled at one stroke

9] There is no tree but bears some fruit

10] Like mother, like daughter

11] Do not limp before the lame

12] Rats know the ways of rats

13] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

14] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

15] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

16] His own ingenuity pricks him.

17] Common fame is a liar

18] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

19] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

20] Hear twice before you speak once

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

22] Time lost cannot be recalled

23] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

24] Let bygones be bygones

25] III luck is good for something

26] Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it

27] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

28] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

29] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

30] All lay loads on a willing horse

31] The axe falls on a straight tree first

32] Men are not angles

33] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

34] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

35] Better say noting than no to the purpose

36] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

37] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

38] A good friend is my nearest relation

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

40] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

41] Mirth is the sugar of life

42] He who hesitates is lost

43] Rome was not built in a day

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

45] A fool and his money are soon parted

46] A fool may give a wise man counsel

47] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

48] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

49] Will is no skill

50] Names are debts

51] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

52] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

53] He that blows best, bears away the horn

54] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

55] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

56] A man can do no more than he can

57] Despair gives courage to a coward

58] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

59] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

60] Beauty fades like a flower.

61] What is new cannot be true

62] Adventures are to be adventurous

63] Even Homer sometimes nods

64] Sow thin and mow thin

65] The world is full of fools

66] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

67] A great city, a great solitude

68] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

69] Even silence may be eloquent

70] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

71] His bark is worse than his bite

72] To err is human; to forgive, divine

73] The proud will sooner lose than ask the way

74] Do not limp before the lame

75] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

76] The deed comes back upon the doer.

77] Nearest the heart comes out first

78] Ill news comes apace.

79] Good luck beats early rising

80] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

81] Every dog has his (its) day

82] Quietness is a great treasure

83] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

84] He who does nothing but sits and eats, will wear away a mountain of wealth

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

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

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

88] Good wine needs no bush

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

90] More haste, less speed

91] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

92] Leave well alone

93] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

94] A willful man will have his way

95] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden

96] Death alone can kill hope

97] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

98] A bully is always a coward

99] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

100] Money has no smell