Famous Proverbs

1] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

2] One cannot put back the clock

3] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

4] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

5] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

6] There are spots even in the sun

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

8] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

9] Every commodity has its discommodity

10] He that seeks trouble never misses

11] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

12] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

13] For a web begun, God sends the thread

14] For a web begun, God sends the thread

15] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

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

17] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

18] A fault confessed is half redressed

19] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

20] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

21] A bad workman always blames his tools

22] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

23] He that lives ill, fear follows him

24] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

25] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

26] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

27] God arms the harmless

28] Half an egg is better than empty shell

29] He that lives ill, fear follows him

30] He that ventures not fails not.

31] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

32] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

33] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

34] The money you refuse will never do you good

35] Jesters do oft prove prophets

36] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

37] No pains, no gains

38] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

39] Company in misery makes it light

40] That which is easily done is soon believed

41] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went

42] A gift much expected is paid, not given

43] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

44] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

45] One reason is as good as fifty

46] The king can do no wrong

47] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

48] More have repented speech than silence

49] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

50] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

51] Light burden I heavy if far borne

52] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

53] It takes two to make a quarrel

54] An old fox is not easily snared

55] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

56] Often and little eating makes a man fat

57] He that knows little often repeats it

58] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

59] He who does nothing but sits and eats, will wear away a mountain of wealth

60] An old dog barks not in vain

61] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

62] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

63] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

64] A good wife makes a good husband

65] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

66] She’s her father’s (or mother’s) daughter

67] Busiest men find the most time

68] It is a great victory that comes without blood

69] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

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

71] Harp not for ever on the same string

72] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

73] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

74] The pot calls the kettle black

75] A bad workman always blames his tools

76] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

77] A good word stills great anger

78] Misery loves company.

79] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

80] A little too late, is much too late

81] Silence and thinking can no man offend

82] No land without stones, or meat without bones

83] Better the last smile than the first laugh

84] Better an apple given than eaten

85] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

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

87] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

88] Life means strife

89] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

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

91] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

92] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

93] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

94] He that praises himself, spatters himself

95] Long looked for, comes at last

96] Some are wise and some are otherwise

97] Saying is one thing, and doing another

98] Well done is better than well said

99] Human blood is all of a colour

100] You never know your luck