Famous Proverbs

1] There is no tree but bears some fruit

2] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

3] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

4] One good turn deserves another

5] He knows most who speaks least

6] A strong town is not won in an hour

7] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

8] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

9] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

10] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

11] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

12] Nature hates all sudden changes

13] Put out your tubs when it is raining

14] Friendship should not be all on one

15] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

16] He that can stay. Obtains

17] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

18] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

19] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

20] Content is better than riches

21] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

22] Good counsel never comes amiss

23] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

24] A bad workman always blames his tools

25] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

26] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

27] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

28] You cannot unscramble eggs

29] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

30] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

31] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

32] Even Homer sometimes nods

33] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

34] Delay is the antidote of anger

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

36] Precepts may lead but examples draw

37] An egg thief will become a camel thief

38] One foot is better than two crutches

39] A loveless life is a living death

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

41] A soft answer turns away wrath

42] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

43] A little too late, is much too late

44] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

45] God arms the harmless

46] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

47] Better the foot slip than the tongue

48] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

49] Long life has long misery

50] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

51] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

52] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

53] Live not to eat, but eat to live

54] Never buy a pig in a poke

55] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

56] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

57] Still waters run deep

58] What’s done is done

59] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

60] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

61] Wash your dirty linen at home

62] A good friend is my nearest relation

63] Be careful to whom you give

64] A monk can’t shave his own head

65] Beauty fades like a flower.

66] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

67] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

68] Hard cases make bad law

69] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

70] Walls have ears

71] So many men, so many opinions

72] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

73] Ill news comes apace.

74] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

75] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

76] The Pen is mightier than the sword

77] Diligence is the mother of good luck

78] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

79] Hope often deludes the foolish man

80] Time has wings

81] Good hand, good hire

82] As you plant wild grass, you won’t get a crop of rice.

83] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

84] He who hesitates is lost

85] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

86] He who excuses himself accuses himself

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

88] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

89] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

90] Forgive and forget

91] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

92] A good name is better than a golden girdle

93] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

94] Better be born lucky than wise.

95] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

96] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

97] There’s a black sheep in every flock

98] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

99] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

100] Discontent is the first step in progress