Famous Proverbs

1] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

2] You never know what you can do till you try

3] Hope often deludes the foolish man

4] Necessity is a powerful weapon

5] Children and fools cannot lie.

6] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

7] He that praises himself, spatters himself

8] No man limps because another is hurt

9] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

10] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

11] He that knows little often repeats it

12] Dead men tell no tales

13] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

14] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

15] Shrouds have no pockets

16] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

17] Little things are great to little men

18] First catch your hare

19] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

20] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

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

22] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

23] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

24] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

25] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

26] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

27] The physician who praises himself has no good medicine

28] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

29] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

30] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

31] Misery loves company.

32] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

33] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

34] Nothing is so certain as death

35] One is not smelt where all stink

36] It is not the hood that makes the monk.

37] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

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

39] Pat any man and dust will fly

40] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

41] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

42] He that does most at once, does least

43] A living dog is better than a dead lion

44] Better be alone than in bad company

45] Vice makes virtue shine

46] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

47] Acorns were good till bread was found

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

49] Every man is his own worst enemy

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

51] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

52] Example is better than precept

53] What has been, may be

54] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

55] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

56] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

57] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

58] Variety is charming

59] A man of courage never wants weapons

60] Fortune favours fools

61] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

62] Adam’s ale is the best brew

63] More than enough is too much

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

65] Some are wise and some are otherwise

66] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

67] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

68] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

69] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

70] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

71] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

72] A good Conscience is the best divinity

73] The young will sow their wild oats

74] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went

75] He that burns most, shines most

76] The thread breaks where it is weakest

77] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

78] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

79] God makes the back for the burden

80] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

81] Ale will make a cat speak

82] Frugality is the mother of virtue

83] Gossiping and lying go together

84] Everything comes to him who waits

85] Delays are not denials

86] When bees area old, they yield n honey

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

88] One master in a house is enough

89] The result justifies the deed

90] Death alone can kill hope

91] A word to the wise is enough

92] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

93] One master in a house is enough

94] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

95] He who has seen little marvels much

96] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

97] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

98] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

99] Rome was not built in a day

100] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant