Famous Proverbs

1] The highest tree has the greatest fall

2] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

3] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

4] Practice what you preach

5] A man may learn wit every day.

6] Respect is greater from a distance

7] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

8] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

9] You can’t clap with one hand

10] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

11] See which way the cat jumps

12] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

13] The bull must be taken by the horns

14] In indecision itself, grief is present.

15] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

16] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

17] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

18] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

19] Slow but sure wins the race

20] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

21] Half an egg is better than empty shell

22] The greatest step is that out of doors

23] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

24] A merchant that gains not, loses

25] There’s a black sheep in every flock

26] No man is wise at all times

27] Either mend or end

28] Better an apple given than eaten

29] Moderation in all things

30] Words fly, writings remain

31] Too far east is west

32] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

33] Erring is not heating

34] Love and business teach eloquence

35] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

36] Whatever man has done, man can do

37] He that can stay. Obtains

38] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

39] He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

40] Sweet are the uses of adversity

41] Self do, self have

42] Take away fuel, take away flame

43] The belly carries the legs

44] Half a loaf is better than do bread

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

46] There are more ways to the wood than one.

47] No pain, no cure

48] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

49] Practice makes perfect

50] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

51] A burnt child dreads the fire

52] Love cannot be compelled

53] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

54] None so deaf as those that will not hear

55] Better be alone than in bad company

56] Better unborn than untaught

57] Big fish eat little fish

58] Cheap is dear in the long run.

59] Creditors have better memories than debtors

60] Every groom is a king at home

61] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

62] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

63] What’s in a name?

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

65] Pleasant hours fly past

66] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

67] Light burden I heavy if far borne

68] Bad luck often brings good luck

69] A man’s wealth is his enemy

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

71] He who demands does not command

72] Harp not for ever on the same string

73] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

74] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

75] A man’s mother is his other God

76] Of three main roads, take the middle one

77] Master easy, servant slack

78] Zeal without prudence is frenzy

79] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

80] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

81] Where there is no might, right loses itself

82] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

83] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

84] Great minds think alike

85] Ill news comes unsent for.

86] He that brings good news, knocks hard

87] Knowledge is power

88] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

89] Learn to walk before you run

90] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

91] All things that great men do are well done

92] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

93] Names are debts

94] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

95] When you drink water from the stream, don’t forget that the source of it is the spring

96] Man does what he can, and God what he will

97] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

98] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

99] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

100] Kill two birds with one stone