Famous Proverbs

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

2] Early sow, early mow

3] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

4] If anything can go wrong, it will

5] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

6] Many drops make a shower

7] Do not triumph before the victory

8] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

9] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

10] The early man ever borrows from the late man

11] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

12] No choice amongst stinking fish

13] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

14] Let not your tongue run at rover

15] Pursuits become habits

16] When the cat is away, the mice will play

17] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

18] All’s fish that comes to the net

19] Time lost cannot be recalled

20] All men are mortal

21] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

22] Time has wings

23] A short cut is often a wrong cut

24] Wake not a sleeping lion

25] Spread the table, and contention will cease

26] He who teaches learns

27] Talk much end err much

28] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

29] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

30] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

31] The devil knows many things because he is old

32] Slow help is no help

33] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

34] Slow and steady wins the race

35] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

36] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

37] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

38] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

39] No man is content with his lot

40] A change is as good as rest

41] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

42] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

43] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

44] No land without stones, or meat without bones

45] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

46] Saying is one thing, and doing another

47] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

48] There is no tree but bears some fruit

49] Plain dealing is a jewel

50] Learn not and know not

51] Love and business teach eloquence

52] Live and Learn

53] The first step is the only difficulty

54] Who greases his way travels easily

55] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

56] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

57] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

58] First think, and then speak

59] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

60] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

61] Of a new prince, new bondage

62] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

63] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

64] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

65] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

66] Poverty parts friendship

67] He who does no good, does evil enough

68] The dog is a lion in his own house

69] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

70] High places have their precipices

71] Why does one man’s yawning make another yawn?

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

73] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

74] Things past cannot be recalled

75] Expectation is better than realisation

76] Much learning makes men mad

77] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

78] Put out your tubs when it is raining

79] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

80] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

81] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

82] Through hardship to the stars

83] No one ought to judge in his own cause

84] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

85] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

86] It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

87] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

88] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

89] There is no time like the present

90] Mirth without measure is madness

91] The unexpected always happens.

92] God’s lambs will play.

93] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

94] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

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

96] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

97] How forceful are right words

98] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

99] No man is indispensable

100] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.