Famous Proverbs

1] Every commodity has its discommodity

2] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

3] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

4] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

5] Even a worm will turn

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

7] Make haste slowly

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

9] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

10] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

11] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

12] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

13] Self do, self have

14] Frugality is the mother of virtue

15] Desperate diseases need desperate cures

16] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

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

18] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

19] There is truth in wine

20] Give credit where credit is due

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

22] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

23] In the land of hope there is never any winter

24] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

25] He is wise who looks ahead

26] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

27] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

28] Either mend or end

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

30] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

31] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

32] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

33] The company makes the feast

34] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

35] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

36] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

37] Love delights in praise

38] The more you get, the more you want

39] Love is lawless.

40] We live by laws, not by examples

41] A door must be either shut or open

42] Fingers were made before forks

43] A jest breaks no bones

44] Company in misery makes it light

45] Vice makes virtue shine

46] The best things carried to excess are wrong

47] Mere wishes are silly fishes

48] Words fly, writings remain

49] Money is the only monarch

50] Never too late to repent

51] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

52] There’s a black sheep in every flock

53] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

54] Soon hot, soon cold

55] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

56] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

57] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

58] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

59] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

60] Least said, soonest mended

61] God helps those who help themselves

62] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

63] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

64] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

65] No man is his craft’s master the first day

66] God’s help is better than the early rising

67] Take the will for the deed

68] You cannot serve God and Mammon

69] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

70] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

71] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

72] Little pitchers have big ears.

73] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

74] Better no doctor at all than three.

75] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

76] A good face is a letter of recommendation

77] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

78] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

79] No man is a hero to his valet

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

81] Do it now

82] Shrouds have no pockets

83] A good tongue is a good weapon

84] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

85] The mob tramples on the coward

86] One barber shaves another gratis

87] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

88] Open confession is good for the soul

89] He that would catch fish must venture his bait

90] Praise is always pleasant

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

92] A man may bear till his back breaks

93] There is no accounting for tastes

94] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

95] Good clothes open all doors

96] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

97] You can’t take it with you when you die

98] Dreams go by contraries

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

100] The slowest barker is the surest biter