Famous Proverbs

1] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

2] The day obliterates the promise of the might

3] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

4] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

5] The more wicked, the more lucky

6] Gold is tried in the fire

7] Weak things united become strong

8] Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it

9] Threatened folk live long

10] Tell the truth and shame the devil

11] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

12] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

13] A burnt child dreads the fire

14] Water is the king of food

15] Let us do evil that good may come

16] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

17] He that can stay. Obtains

18] Don’t ride the high horse

19] Without diligence, no prize

20] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

21] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

22] Friends agree best at a distance

23] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

24] Borrowed garments never fit well

25] Every shoe fits not every foot

26] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

27] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

28] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

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

30] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

31] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

32] The tongue stings

33] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

34] The race is got by running

35] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

36] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

37] Every law has a loophole

38] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

39] One is never too old to learn

40] There is no place like home

41] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

42] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

43] Success makes a fool seem wise.

44] You can’t take it with you when you die

45] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

46] A good drink makes the old young

47] Be careful to whom you give

48] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

49] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

50] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

51] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

52] Jesters do oft prove prophets

53] Discretion is the better part of valour

54] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

55] There is truth in wine

56] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

57] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

58] All meat pleases not all mouths

59] No misfortune will go on forever

60] A single rose does not mean spring

61] Hitch your wagon to a star

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

63] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

64] When one door shuts, another opens

65] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

66] The world is full of fools

67] He that blows best, bears away the horn

68] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

69] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

70] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

71] All truths are not to be told

72] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

73] Standing pools gather fifth

74] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

75] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

76] The money you refuse will never do you good

77] Everything would fain live

78] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

79] Ready money is ready medicine

80] Accidents will happen

81] There is no time like the present

82] The money you refuse will never do you good

83] Everything new is fine

84] Take time by the forelock

85] Confess and be hanged

86] More haste, less speed

87] A little impatience will spoil great plans

88] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

89] First catch your hare

90] Set a thief to catch a thief

91] The first blow is half the battle

92] It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

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

94] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

95] The more you have the more you want

96] The darkest place is under the candlestick

97] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

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

99] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

100] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot