Famous Proverbs

1] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

2] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

3] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

4] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

5] A little impatience will spoil great plans

6] A strong town is not won in an hour

7] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

8] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

9] Half an egg is better than empty shell

10] Great oaks from little acorns grow

11] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

12] There’s a time and place for everything

13] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

14] Praises fill not the belly

15] An obedient wife commands her husband

16] Like master, like man

17] None so busy as those who do nothing.

18] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

19] Hunger is sharper than the sword

20] Our own opinion is never wrong

21] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

22] Crows are all completely black

23] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

24] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

25] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

26] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

27] Pardon makes offenders

28] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

29] A black hen lays a white egg

30] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

31] The hand that gives, gathers

32] What has been, may be

33] Goods that are much on show lose their colour

34] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

35] Love will find a way

36] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

37] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

38] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

39] Every medal has its reverse

40] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

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

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

43] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

44] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

45] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

46] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

47] Wiles help weak folk

48] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

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

50] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

51] They can do least two boast loudest

52] Tomorrow is another day

53] Love and business teach eloquence

54] Better an apple given than eaten

55] Big words seldom go with good deeds

56] Dying men speak true

57] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

58] Beggars must not be choosers

59] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

60] A joke’s a very serious thing

61] Dog does not eat dog

62] Look before you leap

63] Never tell your enemy that your foot aches

64] You cannot serve God and Mammon

65] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

66] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

67] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

68] Better the foot slip than the tongue

69] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

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

71] Ready money is ready medicine

72] A man can do no more than he can

73] The best of men are but men at best.

74] Much learning makes men mad

75] You can’t win them all

76] Fish begins to stink at the head

77] A useful trade is a mine of gold

78] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

79] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

80] There’s always room at the top

81] We are all Adam’s children

82] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

83] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

84] The great fish eat up the small

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

86] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

87] The course of true love never did run smooth

88] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

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

90] One man sows and another reaps

91] No day so clear but has dark clouds

92] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

93] Bear with evil and expect good

94] One of these days is none of these days

95] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

96] All things for not all persons

97] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

98] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

99] Far from eye, far from heart

100] Love cannot be compelled