Famous Proverbs

1] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

2] Think on the end before you begin

3] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

4] A wicked man is his own hell

5] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

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

7] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

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

9] Grin and bear it

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

11] The worse luck now, the better another time

12] Where there’s a will there’s a way

13] Like will to like

14] You may have too much of a good thing

15] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

16] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

17] The tongue stings

18] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

19] Grasp all, lose all

20] Don’t play with edged tools

21] The best of friends must part

22] The best go first

23] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

24] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

25] Rust wastes more than use

26] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

27] Sickness soaks the purse

28] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

29] A watched pot never boils

30] Diamond cuts diamond

31] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

32] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

33] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

34] Take things as you find them

35] A woman’s work is never done

36] One cannot love and be wise

37] What is worth doing is worth doing well

38] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

39] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

40] Good broth may be made in an old pot

41] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

42] Laugh and grow fat

43] All must be as God will

44] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

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

46] Do not triumph before the victory

47] Time has wings

48] Hard cases make bad law

49] A man’s studies pass in to his character

50] Where god will help, nothing does harm

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

52] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

53] Second thoughts are best

54] It is a great victory that comes without blood

55] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

56] Good goods are not cheap; cheap goods are not good

57] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

58] An open door may tempt a saint

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

60] Every dog has his (its) day

61] Ambition makes people diligent

62] As you bake, so shall you eat.

63] Even reckoning makes long friends

64] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

65] None can guess the jewel by the casket

66] He who pays the piper calls the tune

67] First try and then trust

68] Truth is mighty and will prevail

69] No man is a hero to his valet

70] Idle folks lack no excuses

71] No man is born wise or learned

72] All things that great men do are well done

73] Make the best of a bad job

74] There’s a black sheep in every flock

75] Never grieve for what you cannot help

76] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

77] A good name is better than riches

78] Gifts blind the eyes.

79] He who pays the piper calls the tune

80] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

81] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

82] Two blacks do not make a white

83] Everything would fain live

84] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.

85] Use makes mastery

86] Travel broadens the mind

87] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

88] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

89] The ant had wings to her hurt

90] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

91] Trust is the mother of deceit

92] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

93] Second thoughts are best

94] Virtue is the only true nobility

95] A straight stick is crooked in water

96] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

97] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

98] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

99] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

100] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them