Famous Proverbs

1] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

2] Death keeps no calendar

3] Love conquers all

4] As long lives a merry man as a sad

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

6] All things are possible with god

7] The rich knows not who is his friend

8] He that lends, gives

9] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

10] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

11] Accidents will happen

12] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

13] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

14] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

15] A watched pot never boils

16] Love delights in praise

17] Danger makes men devout

18] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

19] Young colts will canter.

20] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

21] Small is the seed of every greatness

22] Better belly burst than good meat lost

23] Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

24] Success makes a fool seem wise.

25] Tell the truth and shame the devil

26] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

27] Excessive happiness produces pain

28] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

29] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

30] Bold men have generous hearts

31] One foot is better than two crutches

32] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

33] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

34] Union is strength.

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

36] Lookers-on see more than players

37] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

38] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

39] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

40] All is fair in love and war

41] Live not to eat, but eat to live

42] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

43] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

44] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

45] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

46] Liars should have good memories

47] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

48] Money is the root of all evil

49] The cobbler should stick to his last

50] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

51] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

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

53] The longest day must have an end

54] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

55] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

56] Too much hope deceives

57] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

58] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

59] Death is the grand leveler

60] He that eats least eats most

61] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

62] A good husband makes a good wife

63] Gold may be bought too dear

64] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda

65] Experience is good if not bought too dear

66] The more wicked, the more lucky

67] Great barkers are no biters

68] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

69] Happy is the country (or nation) that has no history

70] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

71] Cut your coat according to your cloth

72] No convenience without its inconvenience

73] Suffering does not manifest itself

74] While there is life, there is hope

75] Homo is a common name to all men.

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

77] The end justifies the means

78] Judge not the tree by its bark

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

80] Master easy, servant slack

81] A good face is a letter of recommendation

82] Waste makes wants

83] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

84] Fair play’s a jewel

85] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

86] He that knows little often repeats it

87] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

88] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

89] The money you refuse will never do you good

90] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

91] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

92] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

93] That which Nature paints never fades

94] At a good bargain thinks twice

95] Home is home though it be never so homely

96] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

97] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

98] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

99] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

100] Soon hot, soon cold