Famous Proverbs

1] The deed comes back upon the doer.

2] A cat has nine lives

3] No news is good news

4] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

5] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

6] He would command must serve

7] All meat pleases not all mouths

8] Save a stranger from the sea and he’ll turn your enemy

9] Better children weep than old men

10] Gifts blind the eyes.

11] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

12] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

13] By his deeds we know a man

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

15] Patience surpasses learning

16] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

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

18] A good lawyer must be a great liar

19] The sun shines upon all alike.

20] Every man praises his own wares

21] Creditors have better memories than debtors

22] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

23] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

24] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

25] He who never was sick dies the first fit

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

27] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

28] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

29] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

30] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

31] Strike while the iron is hot

32] No one betrays himself by silence

33] It is well to live that one may learn

34] Every beginning is hard

35] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

36] You can’t take it with you when you die

37] Be still and have thy will

38] Crime does not pay

39] Silence gives (or means) consent

40] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

41] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

42] Look before you leap

43] Ill comes often on the back worse

44] At a good bargain thinks twice

45] In the end, things will mend

46] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

47] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

48] Wink at small faults

49] Never spur a willing horse

50] We have all been once in our life

51] Kingdoms divided soon fall

52] Who greases his way travels easily

53] The end justifies the means

54] Marriage is a lottery

55] No man can serve two masters

56] Practice makes perfect

57] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

58] More have repented speech than silence

59] Conscience does make cowards of us all

60] If you want peace, prepare for war

61] It is the unexpected that always happens

62] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

63] Silence is a woman’s best garment

64] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

65] Never tell your enemy that your foot aches

66] Leave well alone

67] Fortune favours fools

68] The last suitor wins the maid

69] Silence and thinking can no man offend

70] All things are possible with god

71] All things for not all persons

72] Time lost cannot be recalled

73] He is an ill husband who is not missed

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

75] Innocence is no protection

76] Better do a kindness near home than go to a temple far away to burn incense.

77] All things are difficult before they are easy

78] One lie makes many

79] Children should be seen and not heard

80] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

81] No wrong without a remedy

82] No man fears what he has seen grow

83] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

84] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

85] If you would be well served, serve yourself

86] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

87] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

88] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

89] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

90] Spend and be free, but make no waste

91] The race is got by running

92] No honest man ever repented his honesty

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

94] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

95] First catch your hare

96] Man punishes the action but God the intention

97] Covetousness breaks the sack

98] Come with the wind, got with the water

99] Once a use and ever a custom

100] Where your will is ready, your feet are light