Famous Proverbs

1] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

2] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

3] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

4] Past cure, past care

5] Nature is content with little.

6] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

7] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

8] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

9] One fool praises another

10] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

11] Every bean has its black

12] Love is blind

13] No man fears what he has seen grow

14] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

15] A still tongue makes a wise head

16] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

17] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

18] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

19] He that cannot ask, cannot live

20] Good ware makes quick market

21] Example is better than precept

22] Everything would fain live

23] He that travels far knows much

24] First things first

25] He who demands does not command

26] A cat has nine lives

27] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

28] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

29] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

30] Waste not, want not

31] No man is infallible

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

33] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

34] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

35] The great would have none great, and the little all little

36] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

37] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

38] All lay loads on a willing horse

39] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

40] A traveller may lie with authority

41] Water is the king of food

42] Better the last smile than the first laugh

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

44] Fair is not fair, but that which pleases.

45] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

46] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

47] Small is beautiful

48] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

49] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

50] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

51] Who suffers much is silent

52] Procrastination is the thief of time

53] Virtue is its own reward

54] Bear and forbear

55] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

56] In my own house, I am king

57] Health is not value till sickness comes

58] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

59] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

60] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

61] Wine unveils the words of the heart

62] Familiarity breeds contempt

63] Well begun is half done.

64] Don’t cry before you are hurt

65] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

66] Even reckoning makes long friends

67] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

68] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

69] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

70] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

71] Let us do evil that good may come

72] Delay is the antidote of anger

73] Experience must be bought

74] Health without money is half an ague

75] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

76] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

77] He who teaches learns

78] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

79] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

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

81] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

82] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

83] Money has no smell

84] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

85] Every dog has his (its) day

86] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

87] Stolen goods never thrive

88] A good dog deserves a good bone

89] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

90] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

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

92] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

93] Too much curiosity lost paradise

94] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

95] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

96] When meat is in anger is out

97] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

98] Think on the end before you begin

99] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

100] By his deeds we know a man