Famous Proverbs

1] Man cannot live by bread alone

2] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

3] Other times, other manners

4] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

5] III luck is good for something

6] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

7] A good marksman may miss

8] No pain, no cure

9] Lookers-on see more than players

10] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

11] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

12] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

13] Suffering does not manifest itself

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

15] Love and business teach eloquence

16] The labourer is worthy of his hire

17] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

18] He that eats well should do his duty well

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

20] Every dog has his day

21] Pleasing ware is half sold

22] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

23] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

24] The first step is the only difficulty

25] Black will take no other hue

26] The mean is the best

27] He that sows virtue reaps fame

28] Fear of death is worse than death itself

29] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

30] The wish is father to the thought

31] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

32] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

33] See which way the cat jumps

34] Take the tone of the company you are in

35] A little body often harbours a great soul

36] A useful trade is a mine of gold

37] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

38] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

39] A house divided against itself cannot stand

40] Many hands make light work

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

42] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

43] Borrowed garments never fit well

44] It costs more to do ill than to do well

45] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

46] There is nothing new under the sun

47] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

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

49] Every why has a wherefore

50] Better an open enemy than a false friend

51] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

52] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

53] Better be safe than sorry

54] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

55] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

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

57] Beware of no man more than himself

58] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

59] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

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

61] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

62] The labourer is worthy of his hire

63] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

64] An army marches on its stomach

65] When you do not know what to do – wait.

66] One sword keeps another in the sheath

67] Everything new is fine

68] Nothing crave, nothing have

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

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

71] Wake not a sleeping lion

72] Beware of him who makes thee presents

73] Jack is as good as his master

74] The fox may grow grey, but never good

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

76] When meat is in anger is out

77] What’s done is done

78] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

79] Home is where the heart is

80] Words are but wind

81] Homer sometimes nods

82] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

83] Threatened folk live long

84] Misfortunes never come singly

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

86] History repeats itself

87] Vice makes virtue shine

88] Creditors have better memories than debtors

89] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

90] Ill gotten, ill spent

91] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

92] The highest tree has the greatest fall

93] The company makes the feast

94] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

95] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

96] Even silence may be eloquent

97] Every advantage has its disadvantage

98] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

99] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

100] There is no redemption from hell