Famous Proverbs

1] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

2] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

3] Human blood is all of a colour

4] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

5] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

6] Spread the table, and contention will cease

7] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

8] Better an apple given than eaten

9] Half an egg is better than empty shell

10] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

11] The pot calls the kettle black

12] There is no royal road to learning

13] Children and chickens must be always picking

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

15] Don’t play with fire

16] Take things as they come

17] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

18] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

19] One kindness is the price of another

20] He that ventures not fails not.

21] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

22] In doing we learn.

23] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

24] An obedient wife commands her husband

25] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

26] There is truth in wine

27] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

28] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

29] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

30] Never too late to late to repent

31] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

32] He that lends, gives

33] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

34] Judge not the tree by its bark

35] Bad excuses are worse than none.

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

37] He is a fool who makes his physician his heir

38] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

39] A man may learn wit every day.

40] What’s in a name?

41] Appearances are deceptive

42] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

43] It’s a long lane that has no turning

44] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

45] Pleasing ware is half sold

46] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

47] Frugality is the mother of virtue

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

49] It is ill striving against the stream

50] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

51] God’ s mill grids slow but sure

52] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

53] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

54] God tempers that wind to the shorn lamb

55] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

56] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

57] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

58] Dogs bark as they are bred.

59] Of evil manners, spring good laws

60] Covetousness breaks the sack

61] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

62] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

63] It is ill striving against the stream

64] When the word is out it belongs to another

65] Familiarity breeds contempt

66] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

67] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

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

69] Love can find a way

70] A word is enough to the wise

71] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

72] If you would be well served, serve yourself

73] A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend

74] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

75] The end makes all equal

76] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

77] Gold is tried in the fire

78] He that ventures not fails not.

79] Birds of a feather flock together

80] Blue are the far away hills

81] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

82] Two wrongs do not make a right

83] Lookers-on see more than players

84] Friendship should not be all on one side

85] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

86] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

87] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

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

89] Make the best of a bad bargain

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

91] Better eye sore than al blind

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

93] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

94] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

95] Her that is down need fear no fall

96] The weakest goes to the wall

97] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

98] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

99] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

100] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise