Famous Proverbs

1] A good wife is a good prize

2] Muck and money go together

3] Findings are keepings

4] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

5] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

6] All good things must come to an end

7] Better be born lucky than wise.

8] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

9] Other times, other manners

10] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

11] He who sows, trusts in God

12] Kindness lies in one side of the house

13] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

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

15] Men are not angles

16] He that is born a fool is never cured

17] Debt is an evil conscience

18] Be careful to whom you give

19] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

20] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

21] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

22] Far from eye, far from heart

23] Death is the grand leveler

24] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

25] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

26] Men are blind in their own cause

27] It is useless to flog a dead horse

28] He that speaks well, flights well

29] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

30] All things that great men do are well done

31] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

32] He who hesitates is lost

33] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

34] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

35] Art improves Nature

36] It takes all sorts to make a world

37] A light purse makes a heavy heart

38] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

39] The devil lurks behind the cross

40] He who serves is not free

41] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

42] Waste is not grandeur

43] Well begun is half done.

44] Beggars must not be choosers

45] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

46] Sickness soaks the purse

47] Conscience does make cowards of us all

48] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

49] Suffering does not manifest itself

50] Fear of death is worse than death itself

51] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

52] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

53] Empty vessels make the most sound

54] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

55] There is no blindness like ignorance

56] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

57] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

58] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

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

60] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

61] He that wants health wants all

62] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

63] Call a spade a spade

64] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

65] A rich miser is poorer than a poor man

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

67] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

68] Two heads are better than one

69] It is the unexpected that always happens

70] What costs little is little esteemed

71] It is all in the day’s work

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

73] A constant guest is never welcome

74] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

75] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

76] Bold men have generous hearts

77] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

78] You must grin and bear it

79] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

80] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

81] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

82] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

83] Example, is better than precept

84] After the extreme of cold comes spring

85] Well done is better than well said

86] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

87] Where there is no trust there is no love

88] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

89] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

90] Do unto others as they should do unto you

91] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

92] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

93] In everything consider the end

94] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

95] Never hit a man when he’s down

96] Dead dogs bark not

97] Love knows no limit

98] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

99] If you want peace, prepare for war

100] Children have wide ears and long tongues.