Famous Proverbs

1] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

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

3] Parents are patterns

4] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

5] Share and share alike

6] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

7] Sickness soaks the purse

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

9] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

10] Through obedience learn to command.

11] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

12] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

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

14] First impressions are the most lasting

15] See how the wind blows

16] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

17] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

18] Dirty linen should be washed at home

19] One man’s means another man’s poison

20] Accidents will happen

21] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

22] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

23] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

24] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

25] A fool always rushes to the fore.

26] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

27] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

28] As long lives a merry man as a sad

29] A good Conscience is the best divinity

30] Far from eye, far from heart

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

32] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

33] A short cut is often a wrong cut

34] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

35] Tempt not a desperate man

36] He knows the water best who has waded through it

37] He who demands does not command

38] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

39] Many doctors, death accomplished

40] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

41] Love knows hidden paths

42] Desires are nourished by delays

43] A word before is worth two behind

44] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

45] The hole calls the thief

46] Silence is golden

47] A good lawyer must be a great liar

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

49] All heiresses are beautiful.

50] Truth has no need of rhetoric

51] The axe falls on a straight tree first

52] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

53] There is no smoke without fire

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

55] They that dance must pay the fiddler

56] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

57] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

58] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

59] What must be must be

60] Best is cheapest

61] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

62] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

63] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

64] Every beginning is hard

65] Half a word is enough for a wise man

66] He knows most who speaks least

67] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

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

69] Cut your coat according to your cloth

70] The borrower is servant to the lender

71] Better an apple given than eaten

72] Knowledge is power

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

74] Everyone to his taste

75] One is what one eats

76] A friend is easier lost than found

77] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

78] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

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

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

81] Adam’s ale is the best brew

82] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

83] Many a little makes a mickle

84] At open doors, dogs come in

85] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

86] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

87] Great minds think alike

88] The more you have the more you want

89] He that speaks well, flights well

90] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

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

92] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

93] A hedge between keeps friendship green

94] A heavy purse makes a light heart

95] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

96] The coward threatens only when he is safe

97] One must be a servant before one can be a master

98] No man so good but another may be as good as he

99] The devil dances in an empty pocket

100] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen