Famous Proverbs

1] It is all in the day’s work

2] He who touches pitch will be defiled

3] Novelty always appears handsome

4] Better children weep than old men

5] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

6] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

7] That which Nature paints never fades

8] Little and often fills the purse

9] The physician who praises himself has no good medicine

10] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

11] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

12] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head

13] Fools grow without watering.

14] Threatened folk live long

15] You can’t take it with you when you die

16] Prevention is better than cure

17] It is the unexpected that always happens

18] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

19] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

20] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

21] Little things are great to little men

22] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

23] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

24] A true man and a thief think not the same

25] Poor folk fare the best

26] It is too late to call back yesterday

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

28] Nothing is given so freely as advice

29] Love cannot be compelled

30] Sickness shows us what we are

31] See how the wind blows

32] Good fences make good neighbours

33] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

34] Dirty linen should be washed at home

35] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

36] Much meat, much malady

37] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

38] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

39] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

40] Do as I say, not as I do

41] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

42] A man’s wealth is his enemy

43] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

44] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

45] Better sit still than rise and fall

46] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

47] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

48] Money is the only monarch

49] Good fame is better than a good face

50] He that talks much, errs much

51] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

52] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

53] True gold is not transformed by fire

54] Like master, like man

55] Hitch your wagon to a star

56] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

57] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

58] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

59] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

60] Even water has its ebb and flow

61] It is easy to be wise after the event

62] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

63] No man is his craft’s master the first day

64] Light burden I heavy if far borne

65] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

66] A man may bear till his back breaks

67] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

68] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

69] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

70] No man is indispensable

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

72] He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

73] Great minds think alike

74] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

75] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

76] Patience surpasses learning

77] Every beginning is hard

78] Don’t ride the high horse

79] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

80] Nature does nothing in vain

81] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

82] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

83] So many men, so many opinions

84] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

85] He that ventures not fails not.

86] Silence never makes mistakes

87] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

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

89] You may have too much of a good thing

90] Soon gotten, soon spent

91] Accidents will happen

92] White there’s life there’s hope

93] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

94] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

95] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

96] Truth has no need of rhetoric

97] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

98] Early sow, early mow

99] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

100] Desire beautifies what is ugly