Famous Proverbs

1] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

2] Out of debt, out of danger

3] Nature surpasses art

4] Good broth may be made in an old pot

5] Every man praises his own wares

6] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

7] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

8] Children speak only words they have heard.

9] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

10] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

11] The receiver is as bad as the thief

12] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

13] Through hardship to the stars

14] Seeing is believing

15] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

16] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

17] Barking dogs seldom bite

18] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

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

20] Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

21] Extremes are dangerous

22] Money can influence even the spirits

23] Great trees keep down the little ones

24] Every dog has his day

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

26] Save your breath to cool the porridge

27] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

28] The cobbler should stick to his last

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

30] Christmas comes but once a year

31] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

32] Children learn to creep ere they can go

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

34] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

35] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

36] Wise men silent, fools talk

37] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

38] He that burns most, shines most

39] White there’s life there’s hope

40] Few words are best

41] A crowd is not company

42] Many dishes make many diseases

43] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

44] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

45] Fortune is blind

46] A beggar can never be bankrupt

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

48] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

49] Friendship should not be all on one

50] Many doctors, death accomplished

51] The great fish eat up the small

52] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

53] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

54] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

55] Never spend your money before you have it

56] The devil looks after his own

57] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

58] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

59] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares

60] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

61] Many eyes upon the king

62] A good beginning is half the battle.

63] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

64] Her that is down need fear no fall

65] Covetousness breaks the sack

66] Love can find a way

67] A word before is worth two behind

68] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

69] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

70] Revenge is sweet

71] Paddle your own canoe

72] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

73] Wash your dirty linen at home

74] To err is human

75] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

76] Love conquers all

77] You never know your luck

78] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

79] One master in a house is enough

80] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

81] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

82] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

83] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

84] A man may bear till his back breaks

85] She’s her father’s (or mother’s) daughter

86] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

87] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

88] There is many a fair thing full false

89] He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens

90] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

91] Hungry bellies have no ears

92] God sends cold after Clothes

93] He freezes who does not burn

94] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

95] Waste not, want not

96] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

97] Every groom is a king at home

98] He who hesitates is lost

99] Save your breath to cool the porridge

100] East or west, home is best