Famous Proverbs

1] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

2] A little help is worth a deal of pity

3] A wise man hears one word and understands two

4] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

5] Many doctors, death accomplished

6] All meat No dish pleases all palates alike pleases not all mouths

7] Everyone to his taste

8] It is more pain to do nothing than something

9] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

10] The axe falls on a straight tree first

11] If you don’t have good weapons, it is better for you to submit

12] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

13] There is truth in wine

14] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

15] A little learning is dangerous thing

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

17] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

18] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

19] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

20] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

21] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

22] Light grows the burden which is well borne

23] He that blows best, bears away the horn

24] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

25] Youth will have its course.

26] Virtue carries a lean purse

27] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

28] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

29] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

30] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

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

32] Marriage is a lottery

33] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

34] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

35] None but the brave deserves the fair

36] He knows which side his bread is buttered

37] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

38] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

39] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

40] Beauty opens locked doors

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

42] Don’t cry stinking fish

43] The dog that fetches, will carry.

44] What’s done cannot be undone

45] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

46] Conscience does make cowards of us all

47] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

48] A bully never grows up.

49] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

50] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

51] Beware of a silent man and still water

52] It is as natural to die as to be born

53] Great oaks from little acorns grow

54] A traveller may lie with authority

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

56] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

57] A good lather is half the shave

58] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

59] Do it now

60] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

61] Fire is a good servant a bad master

62] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

63] Old foxes want no tutors

64] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

65] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

66] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

67] The falling drops hollow the stone

68] Little things please little minds

69] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

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

71] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

72] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

73] Law makers should not be law breakers

74] Diamond cuts diamond

75] Every man is his own worst enemy

76] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

77] All things are difficult before they are easy

78] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

79] What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own

80] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

81] Give a loan and buy quarrel

82] Frugality is the mother of virtue

83] Full of courtesy, full of craft

84] The end crowns the work.

85] Needs must when the evil drives

86] Past cure, past care

87] No man is content with his lot

88] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

89] Know thyself

90] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

91] Praise no man till he is dead.

92] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

93] In haste is error

94] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

95] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

96] Wise men propose, and fools determine

97] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

98] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

99] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

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