Famous Proverbs

1] Share and share alike

2] By his deeds we know a man

3] A cat may look at a king

4] Business is business

5] Money is power

6] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

7] Good goods are not cheap; cheap goods are not good

8] Ill gotten, ill spent

9] Do as most men do, then most men well speak well of you

10] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

11] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

12] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

13] Friendship should not be all on one side

14] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

15] Like father, like son

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

17] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

18] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

19] Necessity is mother of invention

20] A short cut is often a wrong cut

21] A rich man can do nothing wrong

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

23] He laughs best who laughs last

24] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

25] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

26] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

27] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

28] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

29] The pen is the tongue of the hand

30] Life begins only in success

31] Love cannot be compelled

32] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

33] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

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

35] Much law but little justice

36] Poor folk fare the best

37] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

38] For a web begun, God sends the thread

39] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

40] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

41] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

42] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

43] Nature will have her course

44] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

45] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

46] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

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

48] When meat is in anger is out

49] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

50] Union (or Unity) is strength

51] The first step is the hardest

52] Alms never make poor

53] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

54] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

55] Don’t cry for the moon

56] Many words, many buffets

57] Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

58] A good lawyer must be a great liar

59] One lie makes many

60] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

61] All things that great men do are well done

62] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

63] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

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

65] Thrift is a great revenue

66] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

67] A useful trade is a mine of gold

68] Quietness is a great treasure

69] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

70] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

71] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

72] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

73] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

74] The first step is the only difficulty

75] What everybody says must be true

76] Words fly, writings remain

77] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

78] We live laws, not by examples

79] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

80] Opportunity makes the thief

81] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

82] Out of sight, out of mind

83] Paddle your own canoe

84] Birds of a feather flock together

85] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

86] All glory comes from daring to begin

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

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

89] A man of courage never wants weapons

90] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

91] Health without money is half an ague

92] It is a great victory that comes without blood

93] No man is infallible

94] The wisest of the wise may err.

95] Eat to live and not live to eat.

96] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

97] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

98] Where there is whispering there is lying

99] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

100] A man’s in his own mouth stinks