Famous Proverbs

1] Better never begin than never make an end

2] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

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

4] Practice makes perfect

5] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

6] Needs must when the evil drives

7] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

8] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

9] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

10] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

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

12] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

13] Parents are patterns

14] A bully is always a coward

15] Exchange is no robbery

16] He that travels far knows much

17] It is well to live that one may learn

18] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

19] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

20] Honesty is ill to thrive by

21] He that talks much, errs much

22] It is too late to look up after you have collided

23] Let not your tongue run at rover

24] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

25] A man of courage never wants weapons

26] Years know more than books

27] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

28] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

29] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

30] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

31] Better unborn than untaught

32] Haste makes waste

33] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

34] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

35] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

36] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

37] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

38] All cats are grey in the dark

39] The unexpected always happens.

40] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

41] Old cattle breed not

42] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

43] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

44] Love your friend with his fault

45] Black will take no other hue

46] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

47] The more you get, the more you want

48] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

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

50] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

51] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

52] The word is far him who has patience

53] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

54] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

55] A great city, a great solitude

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

57] Gossiping and lying go together

58] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

59] When angry, count a hundred

60] He who comes late must eat what is left

61] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

62] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

63] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

64] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

65] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

66] A house divided against itself cannot stand

67] Life means strife

68] The highest tree has the greatest fall

69] He who pays the piper calls the tune

70] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

71] A good word stills great anger

72] Excessive happiness produces pain

73] Little wealth, little care

74] Take the tone of the company you are in

75] Many drops make a shower

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

77] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

78] Good broth may be made in an old pot

79] The best things in life are free

80] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

81] The end makes all equal

82] Step by step the ladder is ascended

83] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

84] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

85] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

86] Frugality is the mother of virtue

87] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

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

89] A good face is a letter of recommendation

90] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

91] No flying without wings.

92] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean

93] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

94] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

95] What everybody says must be true

96] Safety lies in the middle course

97] That which Nature paints never fades

98] The faulty stands on his guard

99] He has not lost all who has one cast left

100] Dumb men get no lands