Famous Proverbs

1] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

2] Either mend or end

3] The tongue stings

4] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

5] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

6] Don’t meet trouble half-way

7] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

8] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

9] Muck and money go together

10] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

11] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

12] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

13] Truth is stranger than fiction

14] Like question, like answer.

15] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

16] Many doctors, death accomplished

17] What is a workman without his tools?

18] It takes a wise man to be a fool

19] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

20] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

21] One cannot put back the clock

22] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

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

24] Without diligence, no prize

25] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

26] He that cannot ask, cannot live

27] A golden key opens every door

28] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

29] In peace, prepare for war

30] No tie can oblige the perfidious

31] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

32] Brevity is the soul of wit

33] Too long burden makes weary bones

34] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

35] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

36] The more wicked, the more lucky

37] There is none misfortune cannot reach

38] Hear twice before you speak once

39] A word is enough to the wise

40] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

41] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

42] The early bird catches the worm

43] He who begins many things, finishes but few

44] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

45] Four eyes see better than two.

46] Jesters do oft prove prophets

47] A fool believes everything

48] A great city, a great solitude

49] Long looked for, comes at last

50] A man’s mother is his other God

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

52] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

53] Penny wise, pound foolish

54] Acorns were good till bread was found

55] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

56] Step by step the ladder is ascended

57] There is honour among thieves

58] Good broth may be made in an old pot

59] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

60] All’s fair in love and war

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

62] A good lather is half the shave

63] Variety is the spice of life

64] Little pitchers have big ears.

65] He that cannot ask, cannot live

66] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

67] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

68] Love is sweet torment

69] The hand that gives, gathers

70] Fools live poor to die rich

71] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

72] Sorrow will pay no debt

73] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

74] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

75] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

76] Common fame is seldom to blame

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

78] Mere wishes are silly fishes

79] Health is great riches

80] A cat may look at a king

81] His own ingenuity pricks him.

82] It is no use crying over spilt milk

83] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

84] Birds once snared fear all bushes

85] A healthy man is a successful man

86] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

87] The thread breaks where it is weakest

88] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

89] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

90] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

91] Clothes do not make the man

92] Poor men’s words have little weight

93] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

94] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

95] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

96] The grace of God enough

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

98] Many drops make a shower

99] No road is long with good company

100] Care killed the cat