Famous Proverbs

1] Facts are stubborn things

2] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

3] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

4] In my own house, I am king

5] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

6] Marriage is a lottery

7] Every little helps

8] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

9] A good wife is a good prize

10] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

11] Advice when most needed is least heeded

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

13] Go not to hell for company

14] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

15] Everything would fain live

16] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

17] A good friend is my nearest relation

18] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

19] Crows are all completely black

20] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

21] Look on the bright side

22] One cannot put back the clock

23] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

24] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

25] A good heart cannot lie.

26] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

27] The best of friends must part

28] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

29] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

30] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

31] First catch your hare

32] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool

33] There is none misfortune cannot reach

34] A good tongue is a good weapon

35] Discontent is the first step in progress

36] Bold men have generous hearts

37] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

38] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

39] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

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

41] A loveless life is a living death

42] Be just before you are generous

43] All is vanity.

44] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

45] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

47] It takes a wise man to be a fool

48] Where there is no trust there is no love

49] He conquers who endures

50] It is more blessed to give than to receive

51] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

52] There is no accounting for tastes

53] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

54] Open a book and you profit by what you read

55] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

56] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

57] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

58] No answer is also an answer

59] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

60] Nearest the heart comes out first

61] All’s well that ends well

62] Mere wishes are silly fishes

63] One can’t help many, but many can help one

64] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

65] More have repented speech than silence

66] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

67] Spread the table, and contention will cease

68] In everything consider the end

69] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

70] Death is the grand leveler

71] A fool believes everything

72] What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals

73] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

74] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

75] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

76] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

77] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

78] A monk can’t shave his own head

79] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

80] Better never begin than never make an end

81] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

82] A jack of all traders is master of none

83] Lucky men need no counsel

84] Friendship should not be all on one

85] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

86] If you don’t have good weapons, it is better for you to submit

87] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

88] Example is the greatest of all seducers

89] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

90] Mirth without measure is madness

91] Man punishes the action but God the intention

92] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

93] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

94] Let like mate with like

95] There are more men threatened than stricken

96] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

97] A good payer is master of another’s purse

98] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

99] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

100] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men