Famous Proverbs

1] See how the wind blows

2] He that sows virtue reaps fame

3] The sign brings customers

4] Every dog has his (its) day

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

6] Wishes can never fill a sack

7] The devil looks after his own

8] Practice is the science that gives confidence

9] First impressions are half the battle

10] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

11] Extremity of right is wrong

12] Heaven helps those who help themselves

13] Fine feathers make fine birds.

14] Failure teaches success

15] Too much hope deceives

16] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

17] Lavishness is not generosity

18] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

19] New meat begets a new appetite

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

21] First impressions are half the battle

22] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

23] Truth is god’s daughter

24] Two blacks do not make a white

25] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

26] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

27] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

28] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

29] Standing pools gather fifth

30] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

31] Go while the going is good

32] Variety takes away satiety

33] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

34] Success has many friends

35] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

36] It is no use crying over spilt milk

37] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

38] A fool may give a wise man counsel

39] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

40] See which way the cat jumps

41] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

42] Opportunity makes the thief

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

44] Gluttony kills more than the sword

45] Crust is better than no bread

46] Wake not a sleeping lion

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

48] Change brings life

49] Of three main roads, take the middle one

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

51] A soft answer turns away wrath

52] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

53] Every man has his faults

54] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

55] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

56] First try and then trust

57] Good luck beats early rising

58] The borrower is servant to the lender

59] Bare walls make giddy housewives

60] Time flies

61] Each day brings its own bread

62] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

63] He that hopes not for good, fears not evil.

64] Time flies

65] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

66] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

67] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

68] None but the brave deserves the fair

69] Idle folks have the least leisure

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

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

72] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

73] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

74] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

75] Penny wise, pound foolish

76] At a good bargain thinks twice

77] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

78] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

79] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

80] Tell a lie and stick to it.

81] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

82] Human blood is all of a colour

83] No man so good but another may be as good as he

84] Better to be safe than sorry.

85] Long life has long misery

86] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

87] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

88] A joke’s a very serious thing

89] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

90] Precepts may lead but examples draw

91] Poor men’s words have little weight

92] What will not money do?

93] Bad news travels fast

94] He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.

95] All things require skills but an appetite

96] Misfortune arrives on horseback but departs on foot

97] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

98] Might is right

99] Every dog has his day

100] Strike while the iron is hot