Famous Proverbs

1] Fingers were made before forks

2] All’s well that ends well

3] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

4] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

5] As you sow, so shall you reap

6] Variety is charming

7] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

8] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

9] A prophet is without honour in his own country

10] Of one ill come many

11] Every flow must have its ebb

12] No choice amongst stinking fish

13] He who last, laughs longest.

14] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

15] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

16] Do as the friar says, not as he does

17] Only a fool will make the doctor his heir

18] Put out your tubs when it is raining

19] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

20] He who last, laughs longest.

21] A good wife makes a good husband

22] The devil lurks behind the cross

23] Better be alone than in bad company

24] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

25] Misfortunes never come singly

26] Her that is down need fear no fall

27] Better are small fish than an empty dish

28] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

29] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

30] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

31] Like question, like answer.

32] Life begins only in success

33] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head

34] History repeats itself

35] Don’t ride the high horse

36] Anger managers everything badly.

37] Honour is the reward of virtue

38] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

39] Birds of a feather flock together

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

41] All things are possible with god

42] Keep something for a rainy day

43] One must howl with the wolves

44] Little pitchers have big ears.

45] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

46] There’s no great loss without some gain

47] When bitterness reaches its extreme, sweetness will follow

48] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

49] One of these days is none of these days

50] Praise no man till he is dead.

51] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

52] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

53] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

54] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

55] The sun shines upon all alike.

56] Poor men’s words have little weight

57] A good garden may have some ill weeds

58] A good name is better than a golden girdle

59] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

60] One may change the place but not the mind.

61] Laugh and grow fat

62] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

63] Like master, like man

64] The longest day must have an end

65] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

66] Prospect is often better than possession

67] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

68] Where there is peace, there is blessing

69] Let the buyer beware

70] Old cattle breed not

71] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

72] A good conscience is a sure card

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

74] Many dishes make many diseases

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

76] Self-praise is no recommendation

77] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

78] A man’s mother is his other God

79] Change brings life

80] Experience is the mother of wisdom

81] Books and friends should be few but good

82] He who wills the end, Wills the means

83] Children speak only words they have heard.

84] God’s lambs will play.

85] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

86] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

87] Judge not, that ye be not judged

88] Wine is the best broom for trouble

89] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

90] A light purse makes a heavy heart

91] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

92] He that can stay. Obtains

93] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

94] An old dog barks not in vain

95] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

96] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

97] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

98] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

99] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

100] What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals