Famous Proverbs

1] Wiles help weak folk

2] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

3] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

4] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

5] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

6] Care brings grey hair.

7] Small is the seed of every greatness

8] He that is long a-giving knows not how to give

9] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

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

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

12] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

13] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

14] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

15] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

16] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

17] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

18] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

19] Suffering does not manifest itself

20] One kindness is the price of another

21] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

22] It is misery enough to have once been happy

23] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

24] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

25] None so blind as those who will not see

26] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

27] Big fish eat little fish

28] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

29] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

30] Acorns were good till bread was found

31] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

32] Truth has a good face but bad clothes

33] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

34] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

35] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

36] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

37] Busiest men find the most time

38] Moderation in all things

39] One hand washes the other

40] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

41] A parrot will only say what it is taught

42] Patience is the remedy of the world

43] Delay is the antidote of anger

44] Love knows no limit

45] Many a true word is spoken in jest

46] Few words are best

47] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

48] Black will take no other hue

49] The longest way round is the shortest way home

50] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

51] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

52] Diamond cuts diamond

53] Nature will have her course

54] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

55] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

56] Have two strings to your bow

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

58] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

59] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

60] One reason is as good as fifty

61] The more wicked, the more lucky

62] He who demands does not command

63] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

64] Take away fuel, take away flame

65] The first step is the only difficulty

66] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

67] Health is not value till sickness comes

68] It is not the hood that makes the monk.

69] He that hopes not for good, fears not evil.

70] He that lends, gives

71] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

72] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

73] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

74] Poverty parts friendship

75] Friendship should not be all on one

76] Rats know the ways of rats

77] One good turn deserves another

78] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

79] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

80] He that eats well should do his duty well

81] There is no redemption from hell

82] Small is beautiful

83] Example, is better than precept

84] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

85] Hitch your wagon to a star

86] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

87] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

88] Seeing is believing

89] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

90] Better an apple given than eaten

91] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

92] Slow but sure wins the race

93] The golden age was never the present age

94] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

95] All good things must come to an end

96] Rust wastes more than use

97] What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own

98] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

99] A burnt child dreads the fire

100] The more wicked, the more lucky