Famous Proverbs

1] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

2] God provides for him that trusts

3] Do as you would be done by

4] Love is lawless.

5] Respect is greater from a distance

6] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

7] He who considers too much will perform little.

8] It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

9] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

10] III counsel mars all

11] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

12] He that knows little often repeats it

13] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

14] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

15] Better an apple given than eaten

16] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

17] The early bird catches the worm

18] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

19] Little things are great to little men

20] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

21] Divine grace was never slow

22] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

23] Lavishness is not generosity

24] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

25] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

26] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

27] Better sit still than rise and fall

28] The pot calls the kettle black

29] The longest day must have an end

30] Delay is the antidote of anger

31] Nature surpasses art

32] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

33] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

34] When the cat is away, the mice will play

35] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

36] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

37] Every little helps

38] Time and tide wait for no man

39] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

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

41] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

42] Like master, like man

43] Soon hot, soon cold

44] Handsome is as handsome does

45] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

46] No one betrays himself by silence

47] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

48] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

49] When angry, count a hundred

50] The devil lurks behind the cross

51] We shall lie all alike in our graves

52] Moderation in all things

53] Fortune does not stand waiting at any man’s door

54] The more laws, the more offenders

55] Wrong has no warrant

56] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

57] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

58] United we stand, divided we fall

59] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

60] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

61] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

62] A good lawyer must be a great liar

63] A soft answer turns away wrath

64] Light burden I heavy if far borne

65] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

66] Great oaks from little acorns grow

67] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

68] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

69] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

70] Everything comes to him who waits

71] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

72] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

73] The cowl does not make the monk.

74] Learn not and know not

75] Little things please little minds

76] Where there is no might, right loses itself

77] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

78] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

79] He that is absent is soon forgotten

80] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

81] Like mother, like daughter

82] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

83] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

84] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

85] Bare walls make giddy housewives

86] Poverty is not a crime

87] The devil is not as black as he is painted

88] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

89] One thief will not rob another

90] Goods that are much on show lose their colour

91] A bribe will enter without knocking

92] He knows the water best who has waded through it

93] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

94] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

95] Threatened folk live long

96] When in doubt, do nothing

97] Marriage makes or mars a man

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

99] Many eyes upon the king

100] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost