Famous Proverbs

1] We shall lie all alike in our graves

2] Love is never without jealousy

3] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

4] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

5] No road is long with good company

6] No pain, no cure

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

8] Where there are reeds, there is water

9] The owl thinks her own young fairest

10] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

11] Liars should have good memories

12] Art improves Nature

13] Health is great riches

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

15] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

16] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

17] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

18] Forewarned is forearmed

19] No hair so small but has his shadow

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

21] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

22] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

23] Homo is a common name to all men.

24] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

25] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

26] Every dog is a lion at home

27] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

28] He has not lost all who has one cast left

29] Years know more than books

30] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

31] One is not smelt where all stink

32] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

33] Four eyes see better than two.

34] You can’t tell a book by its cover

35] Innocence is no protection

36] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

37] There is no smoke without fire

38] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

39] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

40] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

41] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

42] What is the mother of industry

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

44] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

45] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

46] A word spoken is past recalling

47] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

48] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

49] Better no doctor at all than three.

50] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

51] Better an apple given than eaten

52] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

53] From word to deed is a great space

54] The good is often the enemy of the best

55] He is lifeless that is faultless

56] Between two stools you fall to the ground

57] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

58] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

59] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

60] It is well to live that one may learn

61] Four eyes see better than two.

62] The righteous man sins before an open chest

63] Now is now, and then was then

64] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

65] In peace, prepare for war

66] Beauty fades like a flower.

67] All heiresses are beautiful.

68] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

69] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

70] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

71] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

72] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

73] Talk much end err much

74] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

75] Keep some till further more come

76] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

77] A watched pot never boils

78] Circumstances alter cases

79] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

80] Moderation in all things

81] Do it now

82] Sorrow will pay no debt

83] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

84] Love cannot be compelled

85] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

86] One swallow does not make a summer

87] Don’t meet trouble half-way

88] The devil looks after his own

89] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

90] A light purse makes a heavy heart

91] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

92] Rust wastes more than use

93] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

94] Slow and steady wins the race

95] Praises fill not the belly

96] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

97] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

98] Fair face, foul heart

99] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

100] Gluttony kills more than the sword