Famous Proverbs

1] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price
2] The tailor makes the man
3] Wise men are caught in wiles
4] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend
5] Of three main roads, take the middle one
6] Give a dog a bad name and hang him
7] Extremes meet
8] Covetousness breaks the sack
9] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.
10] There are more ways to the wood than one.
11] An ill paymaster never wants excuse
12] No pain, no cure
13] Too far east is west
14] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them
15] A good marksman may miss
16] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue
17] Soft fire makes sweet malt
18] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.
19] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams
20] We soon believe what we desire
21] He that has good money, gives few alms
22] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight
23] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature
24] One today is worth two tomorrows
25] Lend your money and lose a friend
26] Don’t change horses in mid-stream
27] Weak things united become strong
28] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle
29] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes
30] Learn to walk before you run
31] Money can influence even the spirits
32] Keep conscience clear, then never fear
33] Pardon makes offenders
34] Every man must carry his own cross
35] Haste is of (or from) the devil
36] Better a lean peace than a fat victory
37] Fire is a good servant a bad master
38] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
39] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse
40] Parents are patterns
41] It is a great victory that comes without blood
42] Give a loan and buy quarrel
43] Tell the truth and shame the devil
44] Union (or Unity) is strength
45] Trust is the mother of deceit
46] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship
47] Better be safe than sorry
48] Once bitten, twice shy.
49] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.
50] The highest branch is not the safest roost
51] An evil life is a kind of death.
52] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour
53] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
54] Do right and fear no man
55] There is no smoke without fire
56] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went
57] Gold will not buy everything
58] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts
59] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings
60] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate
61] Familiarity breeds contempt
62] An Englishman’s home is his castle
63] A man must plough with such oxen as he has
64] The morning hour has gold in its mouth
65] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye
66] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly
67] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock
68] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free
69] God provides for him that trusts
70] Few words are best
71] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark
72] No land without stones, or meat without bones
73] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head
74] Judge not of men and things at first sight
75] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public
76] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife
77] Novelty always appears handsome
78] A bad excuse is better than none at all
79] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love
80] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men
81] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.
82] Many doctors, death accomplished
83] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly
84] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing
85] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death
86] Poverty parts friendship
87] Let not your tongue run at rover
88] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save
89] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw
90] As soon as man is born, he begins to die
91] He knows which side his bread is buttered
92] Good counsel never comes amiss
93] He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens
94] All things are possible with god
95] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot
96] All for one, and one for all.
97] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray
98] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
99] Love conquers all
100] Virtue carries a lean purse