Famous Proverbs

1] III counsel mars all

2] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

3] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

4] A beggar can never be bankrupt

5] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

6] Good ware makes quick market

7] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

8] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

9] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

10] Fire is a good servant a bad master

11] He who excuses himself accuses himself

12] The hand that gives, gathers

13] They are rich who have true friends

14] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

15] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

16] Never do things by halves

17] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

18] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

19] First things first

20] The hand that gives, gathers

21] Despair gives courage to a coward

22] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

23] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

24] Pitchers have ears

25] Rome was not built in a day

26] Young saint, old devil.

27] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

28] Pleasing ware is half sold

29] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

30] Great minds think alike

31] Necessity breaks iron

32] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

33] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

34] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

35] Too much curiosity lost paradise

36] All truths are not to be told

37] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

38] Open confession is good for the soul

39] Every dog has his (its) day

40] A constant guest is never welcome

41] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

42] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

43] There is no accounting for tastes

44] A good beginning makes a good ending.

45] He would command must serve

46] A good friend is my nearest relation

47] Practice makes perfect

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

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

50] Words bind men

51] There is many a fair thing full false

52] A good dog deserves a good bone

53] He who serves is not free

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

55] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

56] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

57] God provides for him that trusts

58] Art improves Nature

59] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

60] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

61] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

62] The sign brings customers

63] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

64] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

65] Success has many friends

66] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

67] An open door may tempt a saint

68] What’s done is done

69] Use makes mastery

70] Beauty opens locked doors

71] He that travels far knows much

72] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

73] The wisest of the wise may err.

74] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

75] The good is often the enemy of the best

76] Trust is the mother of deceit

77] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

78] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

79] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

80] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

81] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

82] So many men, so many opinions

83] It is misery enough to have once been happy

84] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

85] Union (or Unity) is strength

86] It’s dogged that does it

87] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

88] Four eyes see better than two.

89] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

90] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

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

92] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

93] The grace of God enough

94] No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect

95] Easier said than done

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

97] What will not money do?

98] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

99] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

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