Famous Proverbs

1] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

2] Time flies

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

4] Men are not to be measured in inches

5] Sickness soaks the purse

6] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

7] Hungry bellies have no ears

8] They are rich who have true friends

9] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

10] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

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

12] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

13] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

14] There is nothing lost by civility

15] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

16] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

17] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

18] One lie makes many

19] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

20] Familiarity breeds contempt

21] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

22] Look at the bright side

23] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

24] The deed comes back upon the doer.

25] No land without stones, or meat without bones

26] You are never too old to learn

27] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

28] A hungry man is angry man

29] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

30] Come with the wind, got with the water

31] Better children weep than old men

32] All lay loads on a willing horse

33] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

34] Death alone can kill hope

35] He travels the fastest who travels alone

36] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

37] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

38] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

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

40] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

41] No one ought to judge in his own cause

42] Hope is the poor man’s bread

43] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

44] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

45] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

46] The great fish eat up the small

47] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

48] Muck and money go together

49] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

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

51] We shall lie all alike in our graves

52] No tie can oblige the perfidious

53] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

54] Hunger is the teacher of many

55] Delays are not denials

56] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

57] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

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

59] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

60] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

61] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

62] Nature surpasses art

63] There is many a fair thing full false

64] The longest night will have an end

65] If the cap fits, wear it

66] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

67] You win some, you lose some

68] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

69] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

70] There is death in the pot.

71] Numbers overcome the brave

72] Idleness is the root of all evil

73] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

74] None can guess the jewel by the casket

75] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

76] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

77] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

78] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

79] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

80] A crust is better than no bread.

81] A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

82] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

83] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

84] God made the country ,and man made the town

85] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

86] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

87] All things require skills but an appetite

88] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

89] A good paymaster never wants workmen

90] God is always on the side of the big battalions

91] Error cannot be defended but by error

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

93] Good wine needs no bush

94] The pot calls the kettle black

95] A good name is a rich heritage

96] The last drop makes the cup run over

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

98] Slow and steady wins the race

99] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

100] Misery loves company.