Famous Proverbs

1] So many countries, so many customs

2] Great talkers are never great doers

3] Kindness lies in one side of the house

4] No day so clear but has dark clouds

5] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

6] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

7] You win some, you lose some

8] The labour we delight in physics pain

9] In my own house, I am king

10] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

11] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

12] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

13] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

14] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

15] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

16] The sign brings customers

17] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

18] Bear and forbear

19] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

20] Facts are stubborn things

21] Do it now

22] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

23] Practice what you preach

24] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

25] It is useless to flog a dead horse

26] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

27] A monk can’t shave his own head

28] Dirty water does not wash clean.

29] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

30] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

31] Variety takes away satiety

32] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

33] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

34] Bind the sack before it be full

35] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

36] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

37] There is nothing permanent except change

38] Words are but wind

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

40] All’s well that ends well

41] Wine unveils the words of the heart

42] A friend in need is a friend indeed

43] Pursuits become habits

44] All our pomp the earth covers

45] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

46] Ready money is ready medicine

47] Silence is a woman’s best garment

48] A little impatience will spoil great plans

49] Pursuits become habits

50] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

51] Take the will for the deed

52] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

53] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

54] Soon hot, soon cold

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

56] A strong town is not won in an hour

57] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

58] Possibilities are infinite

59] Hasty work, double work,

60] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

61] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

62] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

63] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

64] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

65] All griefs with bread are less

66] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

67] A bribe will enter without knocking

68] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

69] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

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

71] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

72] Great actions speak minds

73] Little and often fills the purse

74] You cannot unscramble eggs

75] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

76] Every bean has its black

77] The physician who praises himself has no good medicine

78] Half a loaf is better than do bread

79] He who serves is not free

80] Let not the sun do down on your wrath

81] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

82] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

83] It is too late to look up after you have collided

84] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

85] Handsome is as handsome does

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

87] Men are blind in their own cause

88] First try and then trust

89] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

90] The more you get, the more you want

91] Save your breath to cool the porridge

92] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

93] God made the country ,and man made the town

94] The proud will sooner lose than ask the way

95] A man may learn wit every day.

96] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

97] An army marches on its stomach

98] Care brings grey hair.

99] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

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