Famous Proverbs

1] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.
2] Either mend or end
3] The tongue stings
4] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)
5] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue
6] Don’t meet trouble half-way
7] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer
8] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food
9] Muck and money go together
10] A good name keeps its luster in the dark
11] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.
12] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.
13] Truth is stranger than fiction
14] Like question, like answer.
15] A wounded reputation is seldom cured
16] Many doctors, death accomplished
17] What is a workman without his tools?
18] It takes a wise man to be a fool
19] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins
20] You never miss the water till the well runs dry
21] One cannot put back the clock
22] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken
23] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.
24] Without diligence, no prize
25] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours
26] He that cannot ask, cannot live
27] A golden key opens every door
28] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs
29] In peace, prepare for war
30] No tie can oblige the perfidious
31] A cheerful wife is the joy of life
32] Brevity is the soul of wit
33] Too long burden makes weary bones
34] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.
35] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane
36] The more wicked, the more lucky
37] There is none misfortune cannot reach
38] Hear twice before you speak once
39] A word is enough to the wise
40] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts
41] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity
42] The early bird catches the worm
43] He who begins many things, finishes but few
44] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?
45] Four eyes see better than two.
46] Jesters do oft prove prophets
47] A fool believes everything
48] A great city, a great solitude
49] Long looked for, comes at last
50] A man’s mother is his other God
51] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
52] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance
53] Penny wise, pound foolish
54] Acorns were good till bread was found
55] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night
56] Step by step the ladder is ascended
57] There is honour among thieves
58] Good broth may be made in an old pot
59] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance
60] All’s fair in love and war
61] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.
62] A good lather is half the shave
63] Variety is the spice of life
64] Little pitchers have big ears.
65] He that cannot ask, cannot live
66] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
67] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water
68] Love is sweet torment
69] The hand that gives, gathers
70] Fools live poor to die rich
71] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.
72] Sorrow will pay no debt
73] A bow long bent at last waxes weak
74] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.
75] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public
76] Common fame is seldom to blame
77] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need
78] Mere wishes are silly fishes
79] Health is great riches
80] A cat may look at a king
81] His own ingenuity pricks him.
82] It is no use crying over spilt milk
83] If you have bread, don’t look for cake
84] Birds once snared fear all bushes
85] A healthy man is a successful man
86] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt
87] The thread breaks where it is weakest
88] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken
89] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last
90] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string
91] Clothes do not make the man
92] Poor men’s words have little weight
93] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age
94] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success
95] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
96] The grace of God enough
97] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday
98] Many drops make a shower
99] No road is long with good company
100] Care killed the cat