Famous Proverbs

1] Familiarity breeds contempt

2] Even reckoning makes long friends

3] The best things come in small packages

4] A good wife makes a good husband

5] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

6] A man in debt is caught in a net

7] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

8] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

9] Patient men with the day.

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

11] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

12] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

13] Borrowed garments never fit well

14] One man sows and another reaps

15] Call a spade a spade

16] Good broth may be made in an old pot

17] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

18] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

19] Pride goes before a fall

20] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

21] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

22] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

23] No good building without a good foundation.

24] Out of debt, out of danger

25] He that speaks well, flights well

26] The absent party is always to blame.

27] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

28] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

29] Many drops make a shower

30] Crime does not pay

31] Much meat, much malady

32] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

33] Success makes a fool seem wise.

34] Men make houses, women make homes

35] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

36] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

37] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

38] Everything would fain live

39] The golden age was never the present age

40] Fortune is blind

41] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

42] Tomorrow is another day

43] A little body often harbours a great soul

44] Company in misery makes it light

45] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

46] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

47] Love knows no limit

48] Make hay while the sun shines

49] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

50] First impressions are the most lasting

51] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

52] He that talks much, errs much

53] Idleness is the root of all evil

54] He that seeks trouble never misses

55] There is honour among thieves

56] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

57] In the end, things will mend

58] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

59] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

60] Where there is no trust there is no love

61] Appetite comes with eating

62] Never hit a man when he’s down

63] Wine is the best broom for trouble

64] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

65] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

66] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

67] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

68] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

69] He who begins many things, finishes but few

70] Saying is one thing, and doing another

71] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

72] When the word is out it belongs to another

73] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

74] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

75] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

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

77] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

78] A wicked man is his own hell

79] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

80] Never judge from appearances

81] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

82] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

83] Let not the sun do down on your wrath

84] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

85] Lovers are madmen

86] Half a loaf is better than do bread

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

88] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

89] He who touches pitch will be defiled

90] Necessity knows no law

91] One father is more than a hundred school masters

92] Everything comes to him who waits

93] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

94] Lookers-on see more than players

95] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

96] Beggars must not be choosers

97] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

98] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

99] Every man must carry his own cross

100] Better to wear out than rust out