Famous Proverbs

1] No like is the same.

2] A loveless life is a living death

3] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

4] Hope is the poor man’s bread

5] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

6] Familiarity breeds contempt

7] No man is born wise or learned

8] More have repented speech than silence

9] Homo is a common name to all men.

10] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

11] Christmas comes but once a year

12] Paddle your own canoe

13] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

14] Easier said than done

15] Do as most men do, then most men well speak well of you

16] The sign brings customers

17] A willful man will have his way

18] Everything new is fine

19] When bees area old, they yield n honey

20] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

21] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

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

23] He that has good money, gives few alms

24] More than enough is too much

25] It is misery enough to have once been happy

26] Fine words dress ill deeds

27] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

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

29] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

30] Many doctors, death accomplished

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

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

33] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

34] Dying men speak true

35] Where there is peace, there is blessing

36] If you want peace, prepare for war

37] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

38] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

39] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

40] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

41] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

42] Wedlock is padlock

43] Trust not the many-minded populace

44] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

45] Slow but sure wins the race

46] Nature will have her course

47] Lookers-on see most of the game

48] Virtue carries a lean purse

49] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

50] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

51] All glory comes from daring to begin

52] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

53] Every law has a loophole

54] There is no blindness like ignorance

55] Haste makes waste

56] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

57] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

58] Excessive happiness produces pain

59] Hunger is the teacher of many

60] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

61] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

62] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

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

64] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

65] In doing we learn.

66] No garden without its weeds.

67] The mob tramples on the coward

68] Never buy a pig in a poke

69] Every light has its shadow

70] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

71] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

72] See how the wind blows

73] All must be as God will

74] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

75] What is the mother of industry

76] Will is the cause of woe

77] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

78] Plain dealing is best

79] A man in debt is caught in a net

80] It is ill striving against the stream

81] Live and let live

82] The goat must browse where she is tied

83] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

84] Men are known by the company they keep.

85] Love sees no fault

86] Death is the grand leveler

87] Virtue joints man to god

88] Four eyes see better than two.

89] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

90] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

91] Things past cannot be recalled

92] One is not smelt where all stink

93] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

94] Better eye sore than al blind

95] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

96] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

97] The pen is the tongue of the hand

98] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

99] Better late than never

100] Be just before you are generous