Famous Proverbs

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

2] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

3] You cannot have it both ways

4] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

5] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

6] No flying without wings.

7] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

8] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

9] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

10] A drowning man will clutch at a straw

11] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

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

13] No man can serve two masters

14] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

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

16] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

17] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

18] Union (or Unity) is strength

19] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

20] The weeds overgrow the corn.

21] A joke’s a very serious thing

22] A light purse makes a heavy heart

23] Never hit a man when he’s down

24] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

25] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

26] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

27] Affection blinds reason

28] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

29] Open a book and you profit by what you read

30] Self do, self have

31] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

32] He is wise who looks ahead

33] A wicked man is his own hell

34] All roads lead to Rome

35] Soft fire makes sweet malt

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

37] Don’t play with fire

38] Between two stools you fall to the ground

39] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

40] Gold may be bought too dear

41] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

42] An old man is a bed full of bones

43] Pride goes before a fall

44] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

45] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

46] Great minds think alike

47] It’s dogged that does it

48] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

49] Never judge from appearances

50] A door must be either shut or open

51] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

52] A watched pot never boils

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

54] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

55] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

56] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

57] Long life has long misery

58] One must howl with the wolves

59] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

60] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

61] No land without stones, or meat without bones

62] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

63] Money has no smell

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

65] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

66] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

67] Better be alone than in bad company

68] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

69] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

70] Everything is good in its season

71] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

72] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

73] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

74] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

75] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

76] In fair weather prepare for foul

77] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

78] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

79] He that speaks not, God hears not

80] He laughs best who laughs last

81] Wedlock is padlock

82] Time lost cannot be recalled

83] The biter is sometimes bit

84] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

85] He that is down need fear no fall

86] Everything is good in its season

87] The good die young.

88] Save your breath to cool the porridge

89] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

90] The wisest of the wise may err.

91] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

92] Half a loaf is better than do bread

93] The good die young.

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

95] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

96] The mob tramples on the coward

97] All things that great men do are well done

98] An oak is not felled at one stroke

99] When bitterness reaches its extreme, sweetness will follow

100] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.