Famous Proverbs

1] Covetousness breaks the sack

2] All is vanity.

3] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

4] The poor suffer all the wrong

5] Kingdoms divided soon fall

6] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

7] The child is father of the man

8] Virtue joints man to god

9] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

10] First impressions are the most lasting

11] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

12] Silence gives (or means) consent

13] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

14] Fingers were made before forks

15] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

16] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

17] Much would have more

18] When angry, count a hundred

19] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

20] A cat has nine lives

21] He that seeks trouble never misses

22] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

23] A good conscience is a soft pillow

24] Death is the grand leveler

25] An old dog barks not in vain

26] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

27] Care brings grey hair.

28] Marriage makes or mars a man

29] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

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

31] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

32] Flesh is frail

33] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

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

35] No pain, no cure

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

37] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

38] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

39] Reputation is often got without merit, and lost without crime

40] Slow and steady wins the race

41] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

42] Where there’s muck, there’s money

43] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

44] A door must be either shut or open

45] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

46] So many men, so many opinions

47] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

48] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

49] A monk can’t shave his own head

50] Nature will have her course

51] He has not lost all who has one cast left

52] A stitch in time saves nine

53] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

54] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

55] Time flies

56] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

57] The axe falls on a straight tree first

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

59] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

60] The money you refuse will never do you good

61] Virtue has all things in itself

62] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

63] Of evil manners, spring good laws

64] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

65] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

66] Homer sometimes nods

67] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

68] A woman’s work is never done

69] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

70] A wise man hears one word and understands two

71] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

72] Misfortune makes foes of friends

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

74] No choice amongst stinking fish

75] A word before is worth two behind

76] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

77] Actions speak louder than words

78] The last drop makes the cup run over

79] A man may learn wit every day.

80] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

81] Homo is a common name to all men.

82] Barking dogs seldom bite

83] The labourer is worthy of his hire

84] Lucky men need no counsel

85] Appearances are deceptive

86] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

87] God’s lambs will play.

88] There are spots even in the sun

89] Make the best of a bad job

90] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

91] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

92] One fool praises another

93] In doing we learn.

94] Love knows no limit

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

96] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

97] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

98] Human blood is all of a colour

99] Revenge is sweet

100] When the word is out it belongs to another