Famous Proverbs

1] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

2] Dreams are lies

3] Youth will have its course.

4] Pleasing ware is half sold

5] Slow and steady wins the race

6] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

7] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

8] He that travels far knows much

9] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

10] He that speaks not, God hears not

11] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

12] Where there are reeds, there is water

13] See which way the cat jumps

14] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

15] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

16] Threatened folk live long

17] It is the first step that is troublesome

18] A soft answer turns away wrath

19] One foot is better than two crutches

20] All cats are grey in the dark

21] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

22] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

23] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

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

25] He who wills the end, Wills the means

26] Be just before you are generous

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

28] All must be as God will

29] He that obey cannot command

30] III luck is good for something

31] When one door shuts, another opens

32] Bread is the staff of life.

33] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

34] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.

35] Many hands make light work

36] An empty sack cannot stand upright

37] Money talks

38] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

39] Pinch the right thigh and the left will feel the pain too.

40] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

41] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

42] What is worth doing is worth doing well

43] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

44] Beauty is only skin deep

45] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

46] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

47] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

48] Like will to like

49] Coming events cast their shadows before

50] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

51] The best fish swim near the bottom

52] The good intention excuses the bad action

53] Praises fill not the belly

54] Better be alone than in bad company

55] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

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

57] Acorns were good till bread was found

58] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

59] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

60] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

61] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

62] Better be safe than sorry

63] Better bend than break

64] It is more pain to do nothing than something

65] Great gain makes easy work

66] Out of sight, out of mind

67] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

68] The bull must be taken by the horns

69] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

70] Wine unveils the words of the heart

71] Many eyes upon the king

72] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

73] The greatest step is that out of doors

74] Still waters run deep

75] Harp not for ever on the same string

76] Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

77] Young colts will canter.

78] In my own house, I am king

79] That which is easily done is soon believed

80] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

81] A word spoken is past recalling

82] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

83] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

84] Many drops make a shower

85] What is a workman without his tools?

86] Silence gives (or means) consent

87] Health is not value till sickness comes

88] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

89] A good name is sooner lost than won

90] Small is beautiful

91] Fool’s haste is no speed

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

93] The more cost, the more honour

94] Leave well alone

95] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

96] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

97] Goodness is better than beauty

98] Moderation in all things

99] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example

100] It costs more to do ill than to do well