Famous Proverbs

1] Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter

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

3] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

4] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

5] Dogs bark as they are bred.

6] There is no place like home

7] Old foxes want no tutors

8] Innocence is no protection

9] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

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

11] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

12] Findings are keepings

13] Never spur a willing horse

14] Every flow must have its ebb

15] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

16] Through obedience learn to command.

17] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

18] He that travels far knows much

19] Experience must be bought

20] Human blood is all of a colour

21] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

22] Woes unite foes

23] What costs little is little esteemed

24] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

25] The thread breaks where it is weakest

26] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

27] Clothes do not make the man

28] Corn him well and he will work better

29] There is many a fair thing full false

30] Share and share alike

31] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

32] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

33] Fools rejoice at promises

34] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

35] Covetousness brings nothing home

36] The king can do no wrong

37] Man punishes the action but God the intention

38] Make hay while the sun shines

39] Black will take no other hue

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

41] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

42] Let the buyer beware

43] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

44] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

45] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

46] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

47] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

48] Many a little makes a mickle

49] Heaven helps those who help themselves

50] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

51] It is too late to call back yesterday

52] Novelty always appears handsome

53] No man fears what he has seen grow

54] Other times, other manners

55] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

56] A house divided against itself cannot stand

57] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

58] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

59] Riches along make no men happy

60] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

61] The highest branch is not the safest roost

62] Homo is a common name to all men.

63] It chances in an hour, that appears not in seven years

64] The pot calls the kettle black

65] Come with the wind, got with the water

66] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

67] Trust is the mother of deceit

68] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

69] Talk much end err much

70] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

71] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

72] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

73] Error cannot be defended but by error

74] All roads lead to Rome

75] Beware of him who makes thee presents

76] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

77] Misfortune makes foes of friends

78] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

79] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

80] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

81] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

82] Nothing succeeds like success

83] Far from eye, far from heart

84] When you do not know what to do – wait.

85] Beware of no man more than himself

86] He who wills the end, Wills the means

87] Don’t take your harp to the party

88] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

89] Half a word is enough for a wise man

90] From small beginnings come great things

91] He who owes is in all the wrong

92] A good wife is a good prize

93] One foot is better than two crutches

94] Dying is as natural as living

95] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

96] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

97] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went

98] We live by laws, not by examples

99] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

100] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.