Famous Proverbs

1] A man’s best fortune, or his worst, is a wife

2] Forewarned is forearmed

3] Curiosity killed the cat.

4] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

5] Men are blind in their own cause

6] Little and often fills the purse

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

8] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

9] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

10] Divine grace was never slow

11] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

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

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

14] Friends agree best at a distance

15] Children should be seen and not heard

16] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

17] Health is better than wealth

18] The more you get, the more you want

19] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

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

21] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

22] He thinks not well that thinks not again

23] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

24] Walls have ears

25] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

26] Mercy surpasses justice

27] The unexpected always happens.

28] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

29] Coming events cast their shadows before

30] First impressions are most lasting

31] You cannot make bricks without straw

32] The tide must be taken when it comes

33] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

34] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

35] All things are easy, that are done willingly

36] Patient waiters are no losers

37] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

38] Health and gaiety foster beauty.

39] The slowest barker is the surest biter

40] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

41] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

42] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

43] Great barkers are no biters

44] Mirth without measure is madness

45] Procrastination is the thief of time

46] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

47] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

48] Enough is enough

49] Silence never makes mistakes

50] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

51] Go while the going is good

52] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

53] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

54] Health and money go far

55] Kindness lies in one side of the house

56] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

57] An egg thief will become a camel thief

58] Little wealth, little care

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

60] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

61] He laughs best who laughs last

62] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

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

64] Either mend or end

65] Vice makes virtue shine

66] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

67] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

68] A door must be either shut or open

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

70] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

71] There is nothing like being on the safe side

72] Gold will not buy everything

73] The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man

74] United we stand, divided we fall

75] Hope keeps man alive

76] A fool and his money are soon parted

77] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

78] It’s dogged that does it

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

80] Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp

81] Failure teaches success

82] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

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

84] A willful man will have his way

85] Do as I say, not as I do

86] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

87] Barking dogs seldom bite

88] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

89] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

90] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

91] Ill luck is good for something

92] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

93] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

94] Death is the grand leveler

95] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

96] The more laws, the more offenders

97] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

98] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

99] If the cap fits, wear it

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