Famous Proverbs

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

2] Pardon makes offenders

3] Divide and rule

4] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

5] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

6] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

7] Even reckoning makes long friends

8] No news is good news

9] The course of true love never did run smooth

10] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

11] Big fish eat little fish

12] Necessity is the mother of invention

13] Like master, like man

14] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

15] A good dog deserves a good bone

16] Many words, many buffets

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

18] Without diligence, no prize

19] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

20] One potter envies another

21] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

22] First thrive then wive

23] Soon hot, soon cold

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

25] Delays are not denials

26] Don’t ride the high horse

27] Honesty is ill to thrive by

28] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

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

30] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

31] Once bitten, twice shy.

32] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

33] Much meat, much malady

34] Wise men propose, and fools determine

35] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

36] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

37] Death is the grand leveler

38] Intimacy lessens fame

39] Think on the end before you begin

40] Time lost cannot be recalled

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

42] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

43] Expectation is better than realisation

44] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

45] Never buy a pig in a poke

46] No day so clear but has dark clouds

47] A good marksman may miss

48] Rich folk have many friends

49] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

50] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale

51] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

52] Nearest the heart comes out first

53] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

54] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

55] What has been, may be

56] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

57] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

58] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

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

60] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

61] Misery loves company.

62] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

63] A bully is always a coward

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

65] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

66] Good luck beats early rising

67] While there is life, there is hope

68] All’s fish that comes to the net

69] Wrong has no warrant

70] Hunger is the teacher of many

71] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

72] One thief will not rob another

73] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

74] If one will not, another will

75] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

76] Hunger is the teacher of many

77] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

78] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

79] Double charge will rive a cannon

80] Praise is always pleasant

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

82] Distance lends enchantment to the view

83] One thief will not rob another

84] What must be must be

85] Self-praise is no recommendation

86] Experience is good if not bought too dear

87] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

88] Lookers-on see most of the game

89] Out of debt, out of danger

90] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

91] The falling drops hollow the stone

92] Pat any man and dust will fly

93] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

94] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

95] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

96] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

97] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

98] The voice is the best music

99] Great oaks from little acorns grow

100] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese