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1] The wish is father to the thought
2] The mob has many heads but no brains
3] A merry companion is a wagon on the way
4] Many a little makes a mickle
5] If today will not, tomorrow may
6] Wives must be had, be they good or bad
7] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer
8] A good face is a letter of recommendation
9] Wise men propose, and fools determine
10] A jack of all traders is master of none
11] By his deeds we know a man
12] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone
13] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back
14] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.
15] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away
16] Like master, like man
17] He that lives ill, fear follows him
18] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick
19] His bark is worse than his bite
20] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.
21] Wrong has no warrant
22] The tongue stings
23] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing
24] He gives twice who gives quickly
25] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness
26] Brevity is the soul of wit
27] Covetousness is the root of all evil
28] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age
29] Light grows the burden which is well borne
30] First think, and then speak
31] A merry companion is a wagon on the way
32] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings
33] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
34] Marriage is a lottery
35] Keep something for a rainy day
36] There is nothing that costs less than civility
37] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time
38] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone
39] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)
40] A merchant that gains not, loses
41] No honest man ever repented his honesty
42] Like breeds like
43] The loftiest towers rise from the ground
44] First creep, then walk
45] Example is better than precept
46] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick
47] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most
48] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack
49] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost
50] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better
51] Conscience does make cowards of us all
52] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners
53] He that hopes not for good, fears not evil.
54] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled
55] The early bird catches the worm
56] It costs more to do ill than to do well
57] He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox
58] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits
59] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings
60] He seems wise with whom all things thrive
61] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher
62] It is as hard to please a knave as knight
63] The hasty leaps over his opportunities
64] Save a stranger from the sea and he’ll turn your enemy
65] He that speaks not, God hears not
66] A good anvil does not fear the hammer
67] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning
68] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade
69] A little help is worth a deal of pity
70] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes
71] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda
72] All good things must come to an end
73] A good servant must have good wages
74] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven
75] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow
76] A good friend is my nearest relation
77] Handsome is as handsome does
78] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks
79] Findings are keepings
80] A man in debt is caught in a net
81] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them
82] In the end, things will mend
83] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue
84] Bad excuses are worse than none.
85] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’
86] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger
87] The little cannot be great unless he devours many
88] Death does not recognize strength
89] Nothing seek, nothing find
90] Children learn to creep ere they can go
91] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.
92] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder
93] White there’s life there’s hope
94] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire
95] Seldom seen, soon forgotten
96] Better an apple given than eaten
97] Give credit where credit is due
98] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak
99] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish
100] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer