Famous Proverbs

1] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

2] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

3] If you want peace, prepare for war

4] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

5] Mercy surpasses justice

6] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

7] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

8] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

9] A good heart cannot lie.

10] He who envies admits his inferiority

11] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

12] There is nothing permanent except change

13] The world is full of fools

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

15] Don’t kick against the pricks

16] Example is better than precept

17] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

18] Affection blinds reason

19] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden

20] We are all Adam’s children

21] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

22] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

23] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

24] Early sow, early mow

25] A man in debt is caught in a net

26] Of three main roads, take the middle one

27] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

28] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

29] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

30] He that sows virtue reaps fame

31] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

32] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

33] Friendship should not be all on one side

34] A little too late, is much too late

35] The first step is the hardest

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

37] He who comes first, grinds first.

38] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

39] Easier said than done

40] Love me, love the crows on my roof

41] All glory comes from daring to begin

42] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

43] Enough is as good as a feast

44] Dead men tell no tales

45] Wiles help weak folk

46] A merchant that gains not, loses

47] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

48] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

49] None so deaf as those that will not hear

50] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

51] Out of debt, out of danger

52] Put not the bucket too often in the well

53] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

54] Lend your money and lose a friend

55] Beware of a silent man and still water

56] Through obedience learn to command.

57] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

58] Great oaks from little acorns grow

59] Where there is peace, there is blessing

60] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

61] A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse boiled

62] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

63] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

64] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

65] You cannot unscramble eggs

66] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

67] Only a fool will make the doctor his heir

68] Love will find a way

69] An ill tongue may do much

70] Plain dealing is a jewel

71] Hope keeps man alive

72] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

73] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

74] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

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

76] An obedient wife commands her husband

77] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

78] Beware of no man more than himself

79] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

80] Grin and bear it

81] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

82] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

83] Virtue is the only true nobility

84] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

85] Great talkers are never great doers

86] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

87] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

88] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

89] Every dog is valiant at his won door

90] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

91] From small beginnings come great things

92] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

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

94] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

95] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

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

97] The weeds overgrow the corn.

98] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

99] The result justifies the deed

100] Either mend or end