Famous Proverbs

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

2] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

3] Tell the truth and shame the devil

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

5] The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man

6] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

7] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

8] One sword keeps another in the sheath

9] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

10] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

11] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

12] Gifts blind the eyes.

13] Have two strings to your bow

14] He conquers who endures

15] There is nothing that costs less than civility

16] No wrong without a remedy

17] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

18] Tomorrow never comes

19] A willful man will have his way

20] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

21] Far fowls have fair feather

22] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

23] Numbers overcome the brave

24] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

25] A monk can’t shave his own head

26] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

27] He who serves is not free

28] A straight stick is crooked in water

29] You cannot have your cake and eat it

30] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

31] What is the mother of industry

32] You may have too much of a good thing

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

34] Haste makes waste

35] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

36] Dead dogs bark not

37] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

38] Penny wise, pound foolish

39] A goose drinks as much as gander

40] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

41] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

42] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

43] Put out your tubs when it is raining

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

45] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

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

47] Quietness is a great treasure

48] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

49] Use makes mastery

50] Work smart; don’t work hard

51] An old man is a bed full of bones

52] Never judge from appearances

53] Give and spend, and God will send

54] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

55] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

56] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

57] Lookers-on see more than players

58] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

59] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

60] First things first

61] In my own house, I am king

62] Words and feathers the wind carries away

63] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

64] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

65] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

66] No remedy but patience

67] He who last, laughs longest.

68] The fox may grow grey, but never good

69] Lovers are madmen

70] A fool believes everything

71] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

72] Live and let live

73] When you do not know what to do – wait.

74] Death is the grand leveler

75] Like question, like answer.

76] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

77] From word to deed is a great space

78] A fault once denied is twice committed

79] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

80] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

81] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

82] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

83] Good hand, good hire

84] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

85] No man is wise at all times

86] When the word is out it belongs to another

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

88] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

89] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

90] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

91] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

92] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

93] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

94] See which way the cat jumps

95] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

96] A crowd is not company

97] He that will thrive must rise at five

98] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

99] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

100] Fools live poor to die rich