Famous Proverbs

1] Every dog is a lion at home

2] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

3] Soft fire makes sweet malt

4] Idle folks have the least leisure

5] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

6] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

7] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

8] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

9] First things first

10] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

11] He that knows little often repeats it

12] Dumb dogs are dangerous

13] No man is wise at all times

14] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

15] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

16] Whatever man has done, man can do

17] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

18] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

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

20] Forgive and forget

21] No feast lasts forever.

22] The devil is not as black as he is painted

23] Many a true word is spoken in jest

24] Cheap is dear in the long run.

25] One cannot put back the clock

26] Misfortune does not always come to injure

27] The resolved mind has no cares

28] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

29] He that praises himself, spatters himself

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

31] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

32] A true friend is forever a friend

33] From small beginnings come great things

34] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

35] Youth will have its course.

36] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

37] Much would have more

38] Exchange is no robbery

39] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

40] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

41] There is no smoke without fire

42] Men are known by the company they keep.

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

44] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

45] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

46] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

47] A man without a wife is but half a man

48] Empty vessels make the most noise

49] The dog is a lion in his own house

50] Repentance is a bitter physic

51] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

52] A good beginning is half the battle.

53] It is well to live that one may learn

54] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

55] Waste not, want not

56] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

57] Better to wear out than rust out

58] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

59] Two wrongs do not make a right

60] The greatest talkers are the least doers

61] Where there is whispering there is lying

62] A jest breaks no bones

63] A crowd is not company

64] One man sows and another reaps

65] You may have too much of a good thing

66] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

67] Every dog has his day

68] The best go first

69] Marriage makes or mars a man

70] Hunger breaks stone walls

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

72] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

73] Honour is the reward of virtue

74] A good word stills great anger

75] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

76] Long looked for, comes at last

77] Actions speak louder than words

78] They say so’ is half a lie

79] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

80] Prove your friend ere you have need

81] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

82] Weapons breed peace

83] A still tongue makes a wise head

84] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

85] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

86] He is wise who looks ahead

87] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

88] A gift much expected is paid, not given

89] Four eyes see better than two.

90] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

91] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

92] A constant guest is never welcome

93] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

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

95] Whatever man has done, man can do

96] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

97] Bold men have generous hearts

98] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

99] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

100] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?