Famous Proverbs

1] An Englishman’s home is his castle

2] Rust wastes more than use

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

4] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

5] Variety takes away satiety

6] Nothing succeeds like success

7] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

8] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

9] Intimacy lessens fame

10] A good lawyer must be a great liar

11] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

12] An honest good look covers many faults.

13] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

14] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

15] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

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

17] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

18] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

19] Every why has a wherefore

20] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

21] Never spur a willing horse

22] Bold men have generous hearts

23] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

24] The last suitor wins the maid

25] To teach is to learn twice over

26] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

27] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

28] Little wealth, little care

29] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

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

31] Truth is stranger than fiction

32] The mob has many heads but no brains

33] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

34] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

35] Hope often deludes the foolish man

36] New brooms sweep clean

37] The road to hell is paved with good action

38] The more you get, the more you want

39] Small is the seed of every greatness

40] He that gives his goods before he be dead, take up a mallet and knock him on the head

41] Standing pools gather fifth

42] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

43] Wrong has no warrant

44] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

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

46] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

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

48] Might knows no right

49] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

50] There is many a true word spoken in jest

51] Crime does not pay

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

53] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

54] It is best to be on the safe side

55] When bitterness reaches its extreme, sweetness will follow

56] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

57] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

58] Loyalty is worth more than money

59] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

60] If you play with fire you get burnt

61] A fool and his money are soon parted

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

63] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

64] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

65] A fool believes everything

66] Never grieve for what you cannot help

67] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

68] Many doctors, death accomplished

69] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

70] Give and spend, and God will send

71] No misfortune will go on forever

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

73] Tigers and deer do not over.

74] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

75] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

76] III counsel mars all

77] Good broth may be made in an old pot

78] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

79] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

80] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

81] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

82] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

83] Love is never without jealousy

84] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

85] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head

86] Nature abhors a vacuum

87] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

88] Never say die

89] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

90] Divine grace was never slow

91] Strength grows stronger by being tried

92] Bold men have generous hearts

93] All is vanity.

94] A still tongue makes a wise head

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

96] A beggar can never be bankrupt

97] We live laws, not by examples

98] A change is as good as rest

99] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

100] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere