Famous Proverbs

1] Dreams go by contraries

2] Little and often fills the purse

3] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

4] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

5] Have two strings to your bow

6] Much babbling is not without offence

7] Four eyes see more than two

8] They that dance must pay the fiddler

9] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

10] He that has no money needs no purse

11] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

12] He that brings good news, knocks hard

13] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

14] What is deferred is not abandoned

15] Be just before you are generous

16] Keep something for a rainy day

17] Muck and money go together

18] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

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

20] Parents are patterns

21] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

22] A man may learn wit every day.

23] Everything would fain live

24] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

25] First catch your hare

26] A little body often harbours a great soul

27] Fine feathers make fine birds.

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

29] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

30] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

31] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

32] Liars should have good memories

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

34] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

35] There is death in the pot.

36] The good die young.

37] He that travels far knows much

38] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

39] He who demands does not command

40] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

41] Debt is an evil conscience

42] Let sleeping dogs lie

43] To teach is to learn twice over

44] Law makers should not be law breakers

45] The early man ever borrows from the late man

46] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

47] A wicked man is his own hell

48] The more wicked, the more lucky

49] The best things in life are free

50] Do as you would be done by

51] He that promises too much means nothing

52] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

53] The cobbler should stick to his last

54] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

55] Habit is second nature

56] Innocence is no protection

57] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

58] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

59] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

60] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

61] Suffering does not manifest itself

62] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

63] A good garden may have some ill weeds

64] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

65] Mirth without measure is madness

66] Fire is a good servant a bad master

67] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

68] Remember, you are but a man

69] As soon as there is life there is danger

70] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

71] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

72] God sends cold after Clothes

73] He may find fault that cannot mend

74] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

75] Strength grows stronger by being tried

76] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

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

78] Abundance, like want, ruins many

79] In the land of hope there is never any winter

80] No man limps because another is hurt

81] III counsel mars all

82] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

83] An angry man is not fit to pray

84] Manners make the man

85] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

86] Grin and bear it

87] By falling we learn to go safely

88] There is no redemption from hell

89] A jack of all traders is master of none

90] Each day brings its own bread

91] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

92] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

93] By his deeds we know a man

94] Desert and reward seldom keep company

95] He that wants health wants all

96] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

97] He that has an ill name is half hanged

98] Stolen goods never thrive

99] As you bake, so shall you eat.

100] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings