Famous Proverbs

1] When one door shuts, another opens

2] Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

3] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

4] Every flow must have its ebb

5] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

6] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

7] He that eats least eats most

8] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

9] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

10] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

11] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

12] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

13] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

14] Love delights in praise

15] Best is cheapest

16] Half a word is enough for a wise man

17] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

18] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

19] None but the brave deserves the fair

20] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

21] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

22] Great oaks from little acorns grow

23] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

24] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

25] Too much curiosity lost paradise

26] One is not smelt where all stink

27] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

28] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

29] All good things must come to an end

30] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

31] There is no time like the present

32] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

33] To err is human; to forgive, divine

34] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

35] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

36] Bold men have generous hearts

37] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

38] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

39] Trust is the mother of deceit

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

41] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

42] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

43] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

44] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

45] He who begins many things, finishes but few

46] He that travels far knows much

47] The last drop makes the cup run over

48] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

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

50] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

51] Blue are the far away hills

52] The tongue talks at the heads cost

53] Exchange is no robbery

54] Money is the sinews of war

55] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

56] What’s in a name?

57] Without diligence, no prize

58] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

59] Fine words dress ill deeds

60] Youth and age will never agree

61] God makes the back for the burden

62] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

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

64] Exchange is no robbery

65] A good friend is my nearest relation

66] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

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

68] To err is human; to forgive, divine

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

70] Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick

71] A watched pot never boils

72] Don’t try to run before you walk

73] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

74] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

75] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

76] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

77] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

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

79] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

80] It is easier to pull down than to build

81] Fortune is blind

82] What everybody says must be true

83] He that lives ill, fear follows him

84] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

85] The falling drops hollow the stone

86] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

87] All’s well that ends well

88] That which Nature paints never fades

89] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

90] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

91] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

92] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

93] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

94] What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals

95] So many countries, so many customs

96] An old ox makes a straight furrow

97] The owl thinks her own young fairest

98] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

99] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

100] It is a shame to be shameless