Famous Proverbs

1] Put out your tubs when it is raining

2] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

3] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

4] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

5] The best of men are but men at best.

6] Past cure, past care

7] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

8] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

9] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

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

11] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

12] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

13] First think, and then speak

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

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

16] God sends cold after Clothes

17] Thrift is a great revenue

18] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

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

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

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

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

23] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

24] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

25] The more you have the more you want

26] Too much curiosity lost paradise

27] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

28] He travels the fastest who travels alone

29] What is worse than ill luck?

30] Riches along make no men happy

31] The righteous man sins before an open chest

32] The slowest barker is the surest biter

33] Grin and bear it

34] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

35] A parrot will only say what it is taught

36] The course of true love never did run smooth

37] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

38] He that lends, gives

39] You may have too much of a good thing

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

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

42] Now is now, and then was then

43] What is a workman without his tools?

44] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

45] Advice when most needed is least heeded

46] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

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

48] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

49] The money you refuse will never do you good

50] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

51] One of these days is none of these days

52] He that has good money, gives few alms

53] Better eye sore than al blind

54] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

55] Borrowed garments never fit well

56] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

57] He who teaches learns

58] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

59] Adventures are to be adventurous

60] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

61] Never spur a willing horse

62] Ill news comes often on the back of worse

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

64] There is nothing new under the sun

65] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

66] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

67] Do as I say, not as I do

68] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

69] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

70] Names and natures do often agree

71] No one betrays himself by silence

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

73] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

74] Give and take is fair play

75] Garbage in, garbage out

76] Nothing succeeds like success

77] Love cannot be compelled

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

79] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

80] Old vessels must leak

81] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

82] Seeing is believing

83] Moderation in all things

84] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

85] No good building without a good foundation.

86] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice

87] A good lather is half the shave

88] Work smart; don’t work hard

89] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

90] A good marksman may miss

91] In fair weather prepare for foul

92] Habit is second nature

93] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

94] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

95] Never hit a man when he’s down

96] Weapons breed peace

97] Four eyes see better than two.

98] Expectation is better than realisation

99] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

100] Money is the sinews of war