Famous Proverbs

1] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

2] A good dog deserves a good bone

3] Dying men speak true

4] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example

5] Manners and money make a gentleman

6] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

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

8] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

9] He that is born a fool is never cured

10] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

11] Numbers overcome the brave

12] Slow but sure wins the race

13] Better ask the way than go astray

14] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

15] He who last, laughs longest.

16] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

17] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

18] You cannot make a crab walk straight

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

20] One good turn deserves another

21] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

22] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

23] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

24] Virtue has all things in itself

25] Many hands make light work

26] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

27] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

28] They are rich who have true friends

29] He that cannot ask, cannot live

30] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

31] If the cap fits, wear it

32] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

33] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

34] The last drop makes the cup run over

35] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

36] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

37] The day obliterates the promise of the might

38] Might knows no right

39] Jesters do oft prove prophets

40] Every dog is valiant at his won door

41] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

42] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

43] The voice is the best music

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

45] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

46] Good is good but better carries it

47] The good die young.

48] The mean is the best

49] The goat must browse where she is tied

50] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

51] The leopard cannot change its spots

52] A man in debt is caught in a net

53] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

54] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

55] Life begins only in success

56] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

57] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

58] Love delights in praise

59] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

60] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

61] He knows which side his bread is buttered

62] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

63] Health is better than wealth

64] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

65] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

66] God makes the back for the burden

67] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

68] Moderation in all things

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

70] Great gain makes easy work

71] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

72] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

73] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

74] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

75] Cruelty is more cruel, if we defer the pain

76] Now is now, and then was then

77] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

78] Will is no skill

79] Of one ill come many

80] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

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

82] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

83] One thief will not rob another

84] An oak is not felled at one stroke

85] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

86] Young saint, old devil.

87] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

88] A man may bear till his back breaks

89] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

90] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

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

92] Leave well alone

93] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

94] Love me, love my dog

95] Good goods are not cheap; cheap goods are not good

96] Do as you would be done by

97] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

98] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

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

100] It is too late to call back yesterday