Famous Proverbs

1] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

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

3] Work won’t kill but worry will.

4] Of evil manners, spring good laws

5] Small is the seed of every greatness

6] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

7] A good wife is a good prize

8] All’s grist that comes to the mill.

9] The highest branch is not the safest roost

10] Fingers were made before forks

11] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

12] Divine grace was never slow

13] Every beginning is hard

14] No pains, no gains

15] Grasp all, lose all

16] Things past cannot be recalled

17] A little too late, is much too late

18] Where there are reeds, there is water

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

20] The king can do no wrong

21] Tomorrow is another day

22] A miss is as good as a mile

23] Truth is mighty and will prevail

24] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

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

26] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

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

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

29] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

30] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

31] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

32] He that repairs not a part, builds all

33] A good Conscience is the best divinity

34] Never say die

35] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

36] The early man ever borrows from the late man

37] Men are known by the company they keep.

38] The game is not worth the candle

39] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

40] Many words, many buffets

41] Poverty is not a crime

42] Home is home though it be never so homely

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

44] It is good to follow the old fox

45] Great hopes make great men

46] Every dog has his day

47] There is no redemption from hell

48] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

49] Do right and fear no man

50] Fortune is blind

51] A willful man will have his way

52] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

53] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

54] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

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

56] The more you have the more you want

57] One lie makes many

58] Failure teaches success

59] Acorns were good till bread was found

60] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

61] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

62] It is best to be on the safe side

63] Light grows the burden which is well borne

64] Better be a fool than a knave

65] A rich man can do nothing wrong

66] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

67] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

68] Never do things by halves

69] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

70] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

71] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

72] It is easier to capture a tiger in the hills than to ask for favours from a man

73] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

74] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

75] Might is right

76] The labour we delight in physics pain

77] Nothing seek, nothing find

78] Better to wear out than rust out

79] There is a great difference between words and deeds

80] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

81] Every bean has its black

82] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

83] He that has no money needs no purse

84] Don’t put the cart before the horse

85] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

86] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

87] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

88] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

89] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

90] Dreams are lies

91] Poverty is no sin

92] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

93] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

94] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

95] Much learning makes men mad

96] Quickly come, quickly go

97] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

98] Where there’s muck, there’s money

99] Live and let live

100] The pot calls the kettle black