Famous Proverbs

1] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

2] Words are but wind

3] He who hesitates is lost

4] It is the unexpected that always happens

5] Men are blind in their own cause

6] All cats are grey in the dark

7] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

8] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

9] Where there is whispering there is lying

10] Go not to hell for company

11] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

12] He that sows virtue reaps fame

13] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

14] A good name is sooner lost than won

15] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

16] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

17] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

18] The falling drops hollow the stone

19] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

20] Much would have more

21] No pain, no cure

22] Of three main roads, take the middle one

23] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

24] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

25] Through obedience learn to command.

26] Patience is a plaster for all sores

27] Knowledge is power

28] Of a new prince, new bondage

29] First things first

30] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

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

32] Dead men don’t bite

33] Too far east is west

34] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

35] It is easier to capture a tiger in the hills than to ask for favours from a man

36] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

37] Better beg than steal.

38] Never refuse a good offer

39] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

40] Truth is god’s daughter

41] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

42] The first step is the only difficulty

43] A black hen lays a white egg

44] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

45] A fault once denied is twice committed

46] The pot calls the kettle black

47] Confess and be hanged

48] God is a sure paymaster

49] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

50] Things are seldom what they seem.

51] He that has no money needs no purse

52] A traveller may lie with authority

53] The goat must browse where she is tied

54] Let us do evil that good may come

55] Cast not the first stone.

56] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

57] The dog is a lion in his own house

58] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

59] So many men, so many opinions

60] Learn not and know not

61] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

62] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

63] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

64] A bad workman always blames his tools

65] All’s fish that comes to the net

66] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

67] A good servant must have good wages

68] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

69] Christmas comes but once a year

70] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

71] What is new cannot be true

72] A light purse makes a heavy heart

73] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

74] Bear and forbear

75] Poverty parts friendship

76] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

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

78] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

79] More haste, less speed

80] Reputation is often got without merit, and lost without crime

81] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

82] First try and then trust

83] Use makes mastery

84] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

85] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

86] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

87] Every medal has two sides

88] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

89] Much learning makes men mad

90] A penny saved is a penny gained

91] None but the brave deserves the fair

92] Much babbling is not without offence

93] Prospect is often better than possession

94] A man of courage never wants weapons

95] Nature is the true law

96] Young saint, old devil.

97] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

98] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

99] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

100] Patient waiters are no losers