Famous Proverbs

1] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

2] There are spots even in the sun

3] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

4] Think on the end before you begin

5] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

6] Good words are worth much and cost little

7] He that brings good news, knocks hard

8] A fool may give a wise man counsel

9] Death alone can kill hope

10] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

11] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

12] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

13] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

14] Change of pasture makes fat calves

15] Give credit where credit is due

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

17] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

18] Lucky men need no counsel

19] The ass that brays most eats

20] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

21] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

22] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

23] Soft fire makes sweet malt

24] Respect is greater from a distance

25] Suffering does not manifest itself

26] As you bake, so shall you eat.

27] True doctrines require no miracles

28] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

29] He who pays the piper calls the tune

30] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

31] It takes all sorts to make a world

32] The borrower is servant to the lender

33] The child is father of the man

34] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

35] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

36] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

37] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

38] Gifts blind the eyes.

39] Our own opinion is never wrong

40] When wine sinks, words swim

41] Long life has long misery

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

43] He that has an ill name is half hanged

44] Good wine needs no bush

45] He who does no good, does evil enough

46] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

47] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

48] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

49] III luck is good for something

50] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

51] Much babbling is not without offence

52] Fortune is blind

53] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

54] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

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

56] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

57] Grasp all, lose all

58] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

59] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

60] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration

61] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

62] Worse things happen at sea

63] It is too late to husband when all is spent

64] Riches along make no men happy

65] The exception proves the rule

66] For a web begun, God sends the thread

67] Dying men speak true

68] The good die young.

69] Four eyes see more than two

70] Cut your coat according to your cloth

71] Full of courtesy, full of craft

72] Think of ease, but work on.

73] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

74] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

75] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

76] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

77] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

78] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

79] Honesty is ill to thrive by

80] Open confession is good for the soul

81] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

82] To advise someone not to gamble is to win money for him

83] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

84] Take time by the forelock

85] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

86] Silence is a woman’s best garment

87] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

88] Penny wise, pound foolish

89] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

90] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

91] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

92] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

93] Never too late to late to repent

94] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

95] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

96] Open a book and you profit by what you read

97] There is many a fair thing full false

98] Children and fools have merry lives

99] Live and let live

100] Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp