Famous Proverbs

1] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

2] No convenience without its inconvenience

3] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

4] Almost’ never killed a fly.

5] Better belly burst than good meat lost

6] He stands not surely that never slips

7] The slowest barker is the surest biter

8] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

9] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

10] A word to the wise is enough

11] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

12] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

13] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

14] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

15] Men are not angles

16] The tide must be taken when it comes

17] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

18] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

19] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

20] Birds once snared fear all bushes

21] Silence is golden

22] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

23] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

24] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

25] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

26] Well done is better than well said

27] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

28] Her that is down need fear no fall

29] Gold is tried in the fire

30] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

31] Every dog is valiant at his won door

32] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

33] Distance lends enchantment to the view

34] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head

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

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

37] No man is a hero to his valet

38] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

39] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

40] First impressions are most lasting

41] Silence never makes mistakes

42] The longest journey starts with a single step

43] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

44] The longest day must have an end

45] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

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

47] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda

48] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

49] Beware of no man more than himself

50] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

51] He that is absent is soon forgotten

52] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

53] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

54] Pleasant hours fly past

55] As you plant wild grass, you won’t get a crop of rice.

56] Men are not to be measured in inches

57] Time flees without a delay

58] Do not triumph before the victory

59] Men are known by the company they keep.

60] The cowl does not make the monk.

61] Take time by the forelock

62] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

63] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

64] There is no royal road to learning

65] Revenge is sweet

66] All’s fair in love and war

67] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

68] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

69] Love is never without jealousy

70] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

71] Good to begin well, better to end well.

72] More have repented speech than silence

73] Fair without, false within

74] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

75] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

76] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

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

78] Waste not, want not

79] It takes two to make a quarrel

80] An old man is a bed full of bones

81] There are spots even in the sun

82] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

83] There is no rose without a thorn

84] Borrowed garments never fit well

85] One of these days is none of these days

86] Expectation is better than realisation

87] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

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

89] There is nothing like being on the safe side

90] Everything new is fine

91] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

92] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

93] He who teaches learns

94] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

95] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

96] III counsel mars all

97] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

98] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

99] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

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