Famous Proverbs

1] Laugh and grow fat

2] They say so’ is half a lie

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

4] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went

5] Misery loves company.

6] Many a true word is spoken in jest

7] Habit is second nature

8] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

9] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

10] Wise men are caught in wiles

11] It is useless to flog a dead horse

12] Better do a kindness near home than go to a temple far away to burn incense.

13] Loyalty is worth more than money

14] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

15] Affection blinds reason

16] He that can stay. Obtains

17] Still waters run deep

18] It is no use crying over spilt milk

19] A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose

20] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

21] A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years

22] The great fish eat up the small

23] Better belly burst than good meat lost

24] Extremes are dangerous

25] Too long burden makes weary bones

26] Clothes do not make the man

27] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

28] Good hand, good hire

29] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

30] He that would catch fish must venture his bait

31] One is never too old to learn

32] Wake not a sleeping lion

33] The end justifies the means

34] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

35] The best wine comes from an old vessel

36] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

37] All cats are grey in the dark

38] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

39] Misfortune does not always come to injure

40] An egg thief will become a camel thief

41] Numbers overcome the brave

42] There is no blindness like ignorance

43] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

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

45] Don’t cry for the moon

46] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

47] What is worse than ill luck?

48] Idle folks lack no excuses

49] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

50] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

51] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

52] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

53] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

54] Great hopes make great men

55] A good lawyer must be a great liar

56] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

57] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

58] All covet all lose.

59] When in doubt, do nothing

60] Morning dreams come true

61] Make the best of a bad job

62] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

63] The devil lurks behind the cross

64] Poverty is not a crime

65] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

66] The best of men are but men at best.

67] Keep some till further more come

68] A goose drinks as much as gander

69] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

70] He is wise who looks ahead

71] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

72] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

73] You win some, you lose some

74] What has been, may be

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

76] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

77] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

78] An old dog barks not in vain

79] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

80] In the end, things will mend

81] Do as I say, not as I do

82] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

83] Good hand, good hire

84] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

85] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

86] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head

87] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

88] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

89] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most

90] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

91] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

92] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

93] A man’s wealth is his enemy

94] Why does one man’s yawning make another yawn?

95] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

96] Hunger breaks stone walls

97] All is fair in love and war

98] There is a black sheep in every flock

99] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

100] The devil dances in an empty pocket