Famous Proverbs

1] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

2] Virtue joints man to god

3] Better an egg in peace than an ox in war

4] Master easy, servant slack

5] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

6] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

7] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

8] Children and chickens must be always picking

9] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

10] Idle folks lack no excuses

11] Let sleeping dogs lie

12] Dying men speak true

13] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

14] The fairest silk is soonest stained

15] Many drops make a shower

16] Expectation is better than realisation

17] He freezes who does not burn

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

19] A burnt child dreads the fire

20] Where there is peace, there is blessing

21] Pleasant hours fly past

22] More than enough is too much

23] Let not your tongue run at rover

24] He that praises himself, spatters himself

25] Fortune is blind

26] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

27] Love and business teach eloquence

28] A traveller may lie with authority

29] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example

30] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

31] The end crowns the work.

32] He who teaches learns

33] Once a knave, always a knave

34] Love is sweet torment

35] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

36] Train the child in the way he should go.

37] One potter envies another

38] The best fish swim near the bottom

39] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

40] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

41] Nothing succeeds like success

42] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

43] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

44] Jesters do oft prove prophets

45] Evil to him who evil thinks.

46] One hand washes the other

47] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

48] Make hay while the sun shines

49] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

50] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

51] When the word is out it belongs to another

52] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

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

54] First impressions are most lasting

55] A good example is the best sermon

56] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head

57] The falling drops hollow the stone

58] Asking costs little

59] If today will not, tomorrow may

60] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

61] Too long burden makes weary bones

62] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

63] Every man to his trade.

64] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

65] Friendship is a plant which must be often watered

66] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

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

68] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

69] Ill gotten, ill spent

70] The king can do no wrong

71] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

72] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

73] Pleasing ware is half sold

74] Custom reconciles us to everything

75] No man is his craft’s master the first day

76] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

77] Big fish eat little fish

78] The devil looks after his own

79] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

80] Great minds think alike

81] Poor folk fare the best

82] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

83] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

84] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

85] A little impatience will spoil great plans

86] Success has many friends

87] A bad padlock invites a picklock

88] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

89] They brag most who can do least

90] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

91] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

92] He who leaps high must take a long run

93] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

94] Children speak only words they have heard.

95] In my own house, I am king

96] The Pen is mightier than the sword

97] Every little helps

98] Kingdoms divided soon fall

99] Do not wear out your welcome

100] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones