Famous Proverbs

1] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

2] Penny wise, pound foolish

3] No playing with a straw before an old cat.

4] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

5] Opportunity makes the thief

6] All things require skills but an appetite

7] No man is wise at all times

8] Half a word is enough for a wise man

9] The last drop makes the cup run over

10] Excessive happiness produces pain

11] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

12] A rich miser is poorer than a poor man

13] It takes two to make a quarrel

14] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

15] Ale will make a cat speak

16] He that keeps not crust not crumb, shall ever want some

17] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

18] Not even Hercules could contend against two

19] Hope keeps man alive

20] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

21] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

22] Past cure, past care

23] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

24] Better say noting than no to the purpose

25] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

26] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

27] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

28] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

29] Mirth without measure is madness

30] Even Homer sometimes nods

31] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

32] There is many a fair thing full false

33] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

34] One barber shaves another gratis

35] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

36] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

37] Lend your money and lose a friend

38] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

39] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

40] He that has no money needs no purse

41] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

42] Knowledge is power

43] Double charge will rive a cannon

44] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

45] The envious man shall never want woe

46] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

47] Still waters run deep

48] Dogs bark as they are bred.

49] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

50] He who hesitates is lost

51] Early sow, early mow

52] Better eye sore than al blind

53] High places have their precipices

54] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

55] Silence is golden

56] One lie makes many

57] One potter envies another

58] Grin and bear it

59] Don’t take your harp to the party

60] There is no tree but bears some fruit

61] See which way the cat jumps

62] Know thyself

63] We have all been once in our life

64] Help a lame dog over a stile

65] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

66] A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse

67] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

68] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

69] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

70] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

71] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

72] Money isn’t everything

73] One kindness is the price of another

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

75] Little by little and bit by bit.

76] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

77] At a good bargain thinks twice

78] He that is long a-giving knows not how to give

79] Work won’t kill but worry will.

80] Youth and age will never agree

81] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice

82] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

83] A goose drinks as much as gander

84] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

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

86] He that promises too much means nothing

87] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

88] Nature does nothing in vain

89] Better be alone than in bad company

90] The best things come in small packages

91] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example

92] If one will not, another will

93] A joke’s a very serious thing

94] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

95] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

96] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

97] Safety lies in the middle course

98] Every dog has his day

99] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

100] Slow but sure wins the race