Famous Proverbs

1] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

2] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool

3] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

4] Years know more than books

5] Second thoughts are best

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

7] At open doors, dogs come in

8] The result justifies the deed

9] Good clothes open all doors

10] He who envies admits his inferiority

11] Every flow must have its ebb

12] Might overcome right.

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

14] One thief will not rob another

15] None so busy as those who do nothing.

16] No wrong without a remedy

17] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

18] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

19] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

20] At open doors, dogs come in

21] A good marksman may miss

22] Old vessels must leak

23] Petty laws breed great crimes

24] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

25] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

26] Whatever man has done, man can do

27] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

28] All covet all lose.

29] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

30] God is always on the side of the big battalions

31] Friendship should not be all on one

32] He that can stay. Obtains

33] Who suffers much is silent

34] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

35] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

36] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

37] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

38] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

39] Good is good but better carries it

40] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

41] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

42] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

43] Familiarity breeds contempt

44] Better say noting than no to the purpose

45] He who touches pitch will be defiled

46] Far from eye, far from heart

47] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

48] Mercy surpasses justice

49] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

50] Sow thin and mow thin

51] The good is often the enemy of the best

52] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

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

54] The leopard cannot change its spots

55] A good name is sooner lost than won

56] He that speaks well, flights well

57] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

58] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

59] A willful man will have his way

60] There is many a fair thing full false

61] Spend and be free, but make no waste

62] A good face is a letter of recommendation

63] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

64] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most

65] Beware of a silent man and still water

66] A fault once denied is twice committed

67] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

68] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

69] Call no man happy till he is dead

70] He that knows little often repeats it

71] Bind the sack before it be full

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

73] A good word stills great anger

74] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

75] What is worth doing is worth doing well

76] Beauty is only skin deep

77] Sorrow will pay no debt

78] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

79] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

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

81] The eye is bigger than the belly

82] Slow but sure wins the race

83] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

84] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

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

86] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

87] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

88] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

89] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

90] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

91] Give the devil his due

92] They can do least two boast loudest

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

94] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

95] Every cloud has a silver lining

96] The mean is the best

97] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

98] First come, first served

99] Standing pools gather fifth

100] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.