Famous Proverbs

1] The thing which is rare is dear

2] Actions speak louder than words

3] Dirty water does not wash clean.

4] Honesty is the best policy

5] Come with the wind, got with the water

6] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

7] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

8] Homo is a common name to all men.

9] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

10] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

11] They can do least two boast loudest

12] Let bygones be bygones

13] Good ware makes quick market

14] Hunger breaks stone walls

15] The worse luck now, the better another time

16] Lookers-on see more than players

17] Light grows the burden which is well borne

18] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

19] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

20] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

21] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

22] The darkest place is under the candlestick

23] An army marches on its stomach

24] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

25] The best things come in small packages

26] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

27] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

28] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

29] Bread is the staff of life.

30] A good name is sooner lost than won

31] Love knows hidden paths

32] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

33] A learned man has always riches in himself

34] Like question, like answer.

35] All are not saints that go to church

36] All lay loads on a willing horse

37] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

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

39] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

40] Every oak has been an acorn

41] First impressions are half the battle

42] Birds once snared fear all bushes

43] Novelty always appears handsome

44] A gift much expected is paid, not given

45] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

46] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

47] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

48] Who greases his way travels easily

49] The fairest silk is soonest stained

50] There is nothing like being on the safe side

51] The cobbler should stick to his last

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

53] He that desires but little has no deed of much

54] Appetite comes with eating

55] An open door may tempt a saint

56] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

57] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

58] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

59] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

60] A good wife is a good prize

61] A good servant must have good wages

62] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

63] Too many cooks spoil the broth

64] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

65] Fish begins to stink at the head

66] Cowards die many times before their deaths

67] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

68] He who envies admits his inferiority

69] Love is lawless.

70] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

71] The leopard cannot change its spots

72] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

73] A good name is better than riches

74] Do it now

75] What everybody says must be true

76] In everything consider the end

77] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

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

79] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

80] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

81] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

82] Life is short and time is swift

83] Confess and be hanged

84] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

85] Work expands so as to fill the time available

86] Weak things united become strong

87] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

88] Marriages are made in heaven

89] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

90] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

91] As you plant wild grass, you won’t get a crop of rice.

92] God arms the harmless

93] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

94] A cat has nine lives

95] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

96] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

97] Might overcome right.

98] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

99] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

100] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.