Famous Proverbs

1] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

2] One lie makes many

3] Never refuse a good offer

4] As you bake, so shall you eat.

5] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

6] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

7] Look at the bright side

8] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

9] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

10] Good goods are not cheap; cheap goods are not good

11] Extremes are dangerous

12] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

13] Past cure, past care

14] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

15] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

16] Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick

17] Tomorrow is another day

18] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

19] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

20] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

21] The highest tree has the greatest fall

22] Will is no skill

23] Plain dealing is best

24] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

25] Little by little and bit by bit.

26] Nature hates all sudden changes

27] Good fame is better than a good face

28] A knave and a fool never take thought

29] Repentance comes too late

30] All’s fair in love and war

31] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

32] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

33] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

34] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

35] Distance lends enchantment to the view

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

37] An Englishman’s home is his castle

38] It is no use crying over spilt milk

39] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

40] You never know your luck

41] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

42] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

43] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

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

45] A good garden may have some ill weeds

46] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

47] A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

48] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

49] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

50] Common fame is a liar

51] Gold is tried in the fire

52] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

53] None but the brave deserves the fair

54] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

55] The mob has many heads but no brains

56] Sooner begun, sooner done

57] A good face is a letter of recommendation

58] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

59] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

60] To speak as the common people, to think as the wise

61] Dirty water does not wash clean.

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

63] There are more ways to the wood than one.

64] A fault confessed is half redressed

65] There are two sides to every question

66] Spare the rod and spoil the child

67] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

68] Fortune is blind

69] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

70] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

71] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

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

73] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

74] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

75] Ambition loses many a man

76] Love me, love the crows on my roof

77] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

78] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

79] Affection blinds reason

80] The road to hell is paved with good action

81] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

82] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

83] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

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

85] A man in debt is caught in a net

86] Children learn to creep ere they can go

87] One of these days is none of these days

88] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

89] No good building without a good foundation.

90] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

91] Dog does not eat dog

92] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

93] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

94] A man can die but once

95] Kingdoms divided soon fall

96] True doctrines require no miracles

97] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

98] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

99] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

100] He who envies admits his inferiority