Famous Proverbs

1] He that has an ill name is half hanged

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

3] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

4] A word before is worth two behind

5] Ignorance is the peace of life

6] Love knows no limit

7] You may know by a handful the whole sack

8] Man cannot live by bread alone

9] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

10] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

11] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

12] When angry, count a hundred

13] The young will sow their wild oats

14] You cannot have it both ways

15] A good name is a rich heritage

16] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

17] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

18] To speak as the common people, to think as the wise

19] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

20] Make not your sauce, before you have caught the fish.

21] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

22] III luck is good for something

23] The more cost, the more honour

24] Success has many friends

25] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

26] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

27] There are spots even in the sun

28] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

29] When in doubt, do nothing

30] Pride goes before a fall

31] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

32] He that praises himself, spatters himself

33] First impressions are most lasting

34] Poor men’s words have little weight

35] He that knows little often repeats it

36] You know what you can do till you try.

37] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

38] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

39] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

40] He that travels far knows much

41] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

42] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

43] There is no time like the present

44] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

45] No sweet without sweat

46] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

47] The company makes the feast

48] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

49] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

50] No one betrays himself by silence

51] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

52] First think, and then speak

53] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

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

55] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

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

57] Debt is an evil conscience

58] Six feet of earth make all men equal

59] Two wrongs do not make a right

60] One swallow does not make a summer

61] Don’t tell tales out of school

62] From word to deed is a great space

63] Better never begin than never make an end

64] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

65] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

66] A good friend is my nearest relation

67] Circumstances alter cases

68] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

69] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

70] Without diligence, no prize

71] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

72] East or west, home is best

73] Crime does not pay

74] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

75] He who comes late must eat what is left

76] Friends agree best at a distance

77] A hungry man is angry man

78] It is easy to be wise after the event

79] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

80] Of evil manners, spring good laws

81] Every why has a wherefore

82] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

83] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

84] Accidents will happen

85] That which Nature paints never fades

86] Where there is no might, right loses itself

87] Better be born lucky than wise.

88] You can’t win them all

89] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

90] None but the brave deserves the fair

91] The end crowns the work.

92] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

93] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

94] Nature surpasses art

95] What costs little is little esteemed

96] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

97] Riches along make no men happy

98] Better belly burst than good meat lost

99] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

100] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon