Famous Proverbs

1] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

2] A monk can’t shave his own head

3] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

4] He that eats well should do his duty well

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

6] He that hopes not for good, fears not evil.

7] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

8] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

9] No good building without a good foundation.

10] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

11] Hitch your wagon to a star

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

13] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

14] The longest day must have an end

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

16] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

17] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

18] He freezes who does not burn

19] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

20] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

21] There is no fool like an old fool

22] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

23] Every dog is a lion at home

24] Through obedience learn to command.

25] Every dog is a lion at home

26] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

27] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

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

29] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

30] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

31] Handsome is as handsome does

32] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

33] The Pen is mightier than the sword

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

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

36] A good name is a rich heritage

37] The best of friends must part

38] Blood is thicker than water

39] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

40] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

41] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

42] Hope keeps man alive

43] The highest tree has the greatest fall

44] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

45] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

46] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

47] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

48] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

49] Love will go through stone walls

50] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

51] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

52] No wrong without a remedy

53] Patience surpasses learning

54] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

55] The tailor makes the man

56] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

57] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

58] What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own

59] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

60] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

61] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

62] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

63] Forecast is better than work-hard

64] Gossiping and lying go together

65] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example

66] No man is content with his lot

67] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

68] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

69] Much would have more

70] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

71] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

72] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

73] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

74] A true man and a thief think not the same

75] Crust is better than no bread

76] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

77] You cannot have your cake and eat it

78] A good tongue is a good weapon

79] The tide must be taken when it comes

80] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

81] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

82] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

83] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

84] Discretion is the better part of valour

85] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

86] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

87] Better sit still than rise and fall

88] A rolling stone gathers no moss

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

90] Cowards die many times before their deaths

91] There are more ways to the wood than one.

92] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

93] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

94] Take things as they come

95] Put not the bucket too often in the well

96] What will not money do?

97] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

98] Silence gives (or means) consent

99] Black will take no other hue

100] Charity begins at home.