Famous Proverbs

1] Old habits die hard

2] More than enough is too much

3] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

4] Dirty linen should be washed at home

5] Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage

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

7] Time flees without a delay

8] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

9] Come with the wind, got with the water

10] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

11] No man is a hero to his valet

12] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

13] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

14] Better are small fish than an empty dish

15] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

16] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

17] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

18] A crust is better than no bread.

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

20] Misfortune does not always come to injure

21] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

22] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

23] He that wants health wants all

24] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

25] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

26] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

27] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

28] A bad excuse is better than none at all

29] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

30] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

31] Money refused loses its brightness

32] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

33] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

34] A fool may give a wise man counsel

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

36] Weeds need no sowing

37] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

38] Praises fill not the belly

39] Every medal has its reverse

40] Grasp all, lose all

41] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

42] Double charge will rive a cannon

43] One is never too old to learn

44] Leave well alone

45] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

46] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

47] The money you refuse will never do you good

48] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

49] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

50] Care is no cure

51] Men are not to be measured in inches

52] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

53] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

54] First think, and then speak

55] Business is business

56] Shrouds have no pockets

57] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

58] Half a word is enough for a wise man

59] Findings are keepings

60] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

61] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

62] Make not your sauce, before you have caught the fish.

63] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

64] One may change the place but not the mind.

65] Death is the grand leveler

66] An obedient wife commands her husband

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

68] Health and wealth create beauty

69] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

70] Every oak has been an acorn

71] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

72] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

73] A cat may look at a king

74] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

75] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

76] A watched pot never boils

77] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

78] Stolen sweets are sweeter

79] Sorrow will pay no debt

80] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

81] Great gain makes easy work

82] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

83] Look before you leap

84] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

85] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

86] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

87] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

88] Waste is not grandeur

89] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

90] Morning dreams come true

91] Let sleeping dogs lie

92] A word is enough to the wise

93] Four eyes see more than two

94] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

95] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

96] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

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

98] Second thoughts are best

99] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

100] A prophet is without honour in his own country