Famous Proverbs

1] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

2] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

3] Trust is the mother of deceit

4] A little too late, is much too late

5] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

6] There is a black sheep in every flock

7] One thief will not rob another

8] There is death in the pot.

9] Poverty is the mother of crime

10] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

11] A true man and a thief think not the same

12] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

13] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

14] A rich man’s joke is always funny

15] Crowns have cares

16] A good name is better than riches

17] Cheap is dear in the long run.

18] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

19] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

20] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

21] There are spots even in the sun

22] Faint heart never won fair lady

23] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

24] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

25] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

26] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

27] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

28] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

29] Open confession is good for the soul

30] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

31] Love is blind

32] High places have their precipices

33] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

34] Men are blind in their own cause

35] A merchant that gains not, loses

36] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

37] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

38] Gifts blind the eyes.

39] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

40] The greatest talkers are the least doers

41] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

42] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

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

44] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

45] Variety is charming

46] Honesty is the best policy

47] Many dishes make many diseases

48] Change brings life

49] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

50] The ass that brays most eats

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

52] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

53] Goodness is better than beauty

54] The bait hides the hook

55] Wash your dirty linen at home

56] Everything comes to him who waits

57] Have two strings to your bow

58] Will is the cause of woe

59] Heaven helps those who help themselves

60] Hope is the poor man’s bread

61] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

62] A jack of all traders is master of none

63] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

64] Do not wear out your welcome

65] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

66] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

67] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

68] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

69] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

70] If you have known one, you have known them all

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

72] Example is better than precept

73] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

74] Stolen sweets are sweeter

75] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

76] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

77] The result justifies the deed

78] Nothing comes from nothing

79] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

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

81] Make haste slowly

82] One good turn deserves another

83] Revenge is sweet

84] Poor men’s words have little weight

85] Truth is stranger than fiction

86] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

87] We soon believe what we desire

88] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

89] Open confession is good for the soul

90] Like question, like answer.

91] Better at home than a mile from it

92] Four eyes see better than two.

93] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

94] The fairest flowers soonest fade

95] One may change the place but not the mind.

96] Every law has a loophole

97] Love will find a way

98] Little and often fills the purse

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

100] Far from eye, far from heart