Famous Proverbs

1] Marriage is a lottery

2] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

3] A healthy man is a successful man

4] Wine unveils the words of the heart

5] It is more blessed to give than to receive

6] Call no man happy till he is dead

7] Who suffers much is silent

8] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

9] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

10] Once a knave, always a knave

11] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

12] Where god will help, nothing does harm

13] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

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

15] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

16] He thinks not well that thinks not again

17] If you have known one, you have known them all

18] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

19] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

20] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

21] A word before is worth two behind

22] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

23] Hunger breaks stone walls

24] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

25] Coming events cast their shadows before

26] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

27] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

28] If you would be well served, serve yourself

29] A crust is better than no bread.

30] Sweet are the uses of adversity

31] Friendship should not be all on one

32] We soon believe what we desire

33] It is not every question that deserves an answer

34] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

35] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

36] One man’s loss is another’s gain

37] Of a new prince, new bondage

38] Without diligence, no prize

39] He that has no money needs no purse

40] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

41] Money isn’t everything

42] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

43] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

44] Little pitchers have big ears.

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

46] Open a book and you profit by what you read

47] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

48] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

49] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

50] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

51] Youth and age will never agree

52] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

53] A closed mouth catches no files

54] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

55] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

56] Too far east is west

57] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

58] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

59] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

60] He who last, laughs longest.

61] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

62] A little body often harbours a great soul

63] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

64] It is easier to capture a tiger in the hills than to ask for favours from a man

65] A learned man has always riches in himself

66] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

67] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

68] A word is enough to the wise

69] Exchange is no robbery

70] Boys will be boys

71] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

72] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

73] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

74] Good broth may be made in an old pot

75] Money can influence even the spirits

76] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

77] Fine words dress ill deeds

78] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

79] Without luck, it is better not to be born

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

81] Be still and have thy will

82] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

83] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

84] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

85] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

86] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

87] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

88] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

89] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

90] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

91] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

92] An old fox is not easily snared

93] The first step is the only difficulty

94] Save your breath to cool the porridge

95] Put out your tubs when it is raining

96] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

97] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

98] All things that great men do are well done

99] Remember, you are but a man

100] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.