Famous Proverbs

1] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

2] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

3] Misfortune makes foes of friends

4] Love knows hidden paths

5] Brevity is the soul of wit

6] God makes the back for the burden

7] After a storm comes a calm

8] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

9] Sickness shows us what we are

10] Never hit a man when he’s down

11] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

12] No honest man ever repented his honesty

13] It is the first step that is troublesome

14] Beware of no man more than himself

15] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

16] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

17] He that is long a-giving knows not how to give

18] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

19] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

20] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

21] Even water has its ebb and flow

22] The best is often the enemy of the good

23] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

24] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

25] What the king wills, that the law wills

26] An old horse knows the route

27] The first step is the only difficulty

28] Don’t take your harp to the party

29] Where there’s muck, there’s money

30] In doing we learn.

31] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

32] It is no use crying over spilt milk

33] The longest way round is the shortest way home

34] Men are not to be measured in inches

35] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

36] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

37] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

38] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

39] Men are blind in their own cause

40] Children and fools have merry lives

41] One man’s loss is another’s gain

42] It is a great victory that comes without blood

43] Well begun is half done.

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

45] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

46] He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox

47] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

48] Dumb men get no lands

49] Bare walls make giddy housewives

50] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

51] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

52] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

53] Never hit a man when he’s down

54] Every cloud has a silver lining

55] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

56] All covet all lose.

57] Honesty is ill to thrive by

58] Spare the rod and spoil the child

59] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

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

61] Hope often deludes the foolish man

62] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

63] Affection blinds reason

64] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

65] Business is business

66] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

67] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

68] Great actions speak minds

69] Extremes meet

70] Accidents will happen

71] Confess and be hanged

72] The best things are hard to come by.

73] New lords, new laws

74] Money is power

75] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

76] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

77] Needs must when the devil drives

78] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

79] Rip not up old sores

80] Time lost cannot be recalled

81] Don’t cry for the moon

82] There are spots even in the sun

83] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

84] Blood will have blood

85] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

86] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

87] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

88] Wrong has no warrant

89] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

90] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

91] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

92] He who comes late must eat what is left

93] Far fowls have fair feather

94] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

95] He that praises himself, spatters himself

96] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

97] Silence never makes mistakes

98] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

99] Time flees without a delay

100] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take