Famous Proverbs

1] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

2] The longest day must have an end

3] Words fly, writings remain

4] Money makes the man

5] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

6] Give and take is fair play

7] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

8] The king can do no wrong

9] The pot calls the kettle black

10] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

11] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

12] Never too late to learn

13] He that will thrive must rise at five

14] Many a little makes a mickle

15] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

16] The end makes all equal

17] Beauty fades like a flower.

18] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

19] Idleness is the root of all evil

20] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

21] Better beg than steal.

22] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

23] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all

24] No tie can oblige the perfidious

25] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

26] Time has wings

27] Will is the cause of woe

28] Other times, other manners

29] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

30] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

31] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

32] Wine is the best broom for trouble

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

34] He has not lost all who has one cast left

35] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

36] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

37] Men make houses, women make homes

38] Repentance comes too late

39] Might knows no right

40] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

41] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

42] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

43] Even reckoning makes long friends

44] Either mend or end

45] Set a thief to catch a thief

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

47] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

48] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

49] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

50] Do not wear out your welcome

51] Every dog has his (its) day

52] Much meat, much malady

53] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

54] The good is often the enemy of the best

55] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

56] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

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

58] Make haste slowly

59] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

60] The biter is sometimes bit

61] A stitch in time saves nine

62] Better bend than break

63] A crowd is not company

64] Rome was not built in a day

65] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

66] In peace, prepare for war

67] He is lifeless that is faultless

68] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

69] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

70] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

71] Water is the king of food

72] To err is human; to forgive, divine

73] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

74] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

75] That which proves too much proves nothing

76] He who comes first, grinds first.

77] Every medal has its reverse

78] Soft fire makes sweet malt

79] Truth is god’s daughter

80] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

81] Light burden I heavy if far borne

82] Of a new prince, new bondage

83] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

84] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

85] Habit is second nature

86] Hard cases make bad law

87] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

88] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

89] Pat any man and dust will fly

90] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

91] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

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

93] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

94] A true friend is forever a friend

95] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

96] No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect

97] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

98] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

99] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

100] You cannot serve God and Mammon