Famous Proverbs

1] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

2] A change is as good as rest

3] Many a true word is spoken in jest

4] Soft fire makes sweet malt

5] Many hands make light work

6] More than enough is too much

7] The fox may grow grey, but never good

8] Idle folks lack no excuses

9] Time flies

10] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

11] Old cattle breed not

12] Possibilities are infinite

13] Every groom is a king at home

14] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

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

16] A good heart cannot lie.

17] You may have too much of a good thing

18] Youth will have its course.

19] Evil to him who evil thinks.

20] Years know more than books

21] Life is short and time is swift

22] Half a loaf is better than do bread

23] Everything in moderation.

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

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

26] Every beginning is hard

27] The weeds overgrow the corn.

28] A friend is easier lost than found

29] The eye sees only what it has the power of seeing

30] Diamond cuts diamond

31] For a web begun, God sends the thread

32] Every advantage has its disadvantage

33] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

34] Cast not the first stone.

35] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

36] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

37] A living dog is better than a dead lion

38] It is a great victory that comes without blood

39] Lookers-on see most of the game

40] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

41] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

42] Spare the rod and spoil the child

43] You are never too old to learn

44] Wine is the best broom for trouble

45] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

46] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

47] All are not saints that go to church

48] Every cloud has a silver lining

49] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

50] Too much curiosity lost paradise

51] The best of men are but men at best.

52] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

53] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

54] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

55] Second thoughts are best

56] Plain dealing is best

57] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

58] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

59] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

60] Fine feathers make fine birds.

61] First come, first served

62] Money is the root of all evil

63] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

64] Learn to walk before you run

65] No man so good but another may be as good as he

66] If today will not, tomorrow may

67] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

68] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

69] Hard words break no bones

70] He is an ill husband who is not missed

71] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

72] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

73] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

74] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

75] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

76] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

77] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

78] A knave and a fool never take thought

79] Don’t cry before you are hurt

80] I may not have tasted their flesh but I’ve seen enough to know how pigs walk

81] A bribe will enter without knocking

82] A good marksman may miss

83] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

84] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

85] Flesh is frail

86] Brevity is the soul of wit

87] Shrouds have no pockets

88] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

89] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

90] Better an egg in peace than an ox in war

91] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

92] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

93] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

94] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

95] The best of men are but men at best.

96] The good die young.

97] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

98] There is none misfortune cannot reach

99] They are rich who have true friends

100] Money can influence even the spirits