Famous Proverbs

1] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

2] The tailor makes the man

3] Wise men are caught in wiles

4] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

5] Of three main roads, take the middle one

6] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

7] Extremes meet

8] Covetousness breaks the sack

9] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

10] There are more ways to the wood than one.

11] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

12] No pain, no cure

13] Too far east is west

14] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

15] A good marksman may miss

16] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

17] Soft fire makes sweet malt

18] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

19] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

20] We soon believe what we desire

21] He that has good money, gives few alms

22] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

23] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

24] One today is worth two tomorrows

25] Lend your money and lose a friend

26] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

27] Weak things united become strong

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

29] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

30] Learn to walk before you run

31] Money can influence even the spirits

32] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

33] Pardon makes offenders

34] Every man must carry his own cross

35] Haste is of (or from) the devil

36] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

37] Fire is a good servant a bad master

38] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

39] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

40] Parents are patterns

41] It is a great victory that comes without blood

42] Give a loan and buy quarrel

43] Tell the truth and shame the devil

44] Union (or Unity) is strength

45] Trust is the mother of deceit

46] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

47] Better be safe than sorry

48] Once bitten, twice shy.

49] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

50] The highest branch is not the safest roost

51] An evil life is a kind of death.

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

53] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

54] Do right and fear no man

55] There is no smoke without fire

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

57] Gold will not buy everything

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

59] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

60] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

61] Familiarity breeds contempt

62] An Englishman’s home is his castle

63] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

64] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

65] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

66] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

67] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

68] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

69] God provides for him that trusts

70] Few words are best

71] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

72] No land without stones, or meat without bones

73] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

74] Judge not of men and things at first sight

75] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

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

77] Novelty always appears handsome

78] A bad excuse is better than none at all

79] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

80] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

81] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

82] Many doctors, death accomplished

83] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

84] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

85] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

86] Poverty parts friendship

87] Let not your tongue run at rover

88] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

89] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

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

91] He knows which side his bread is buttered

92] Good counsel never comes amiss

93] He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens

94] All things are possible with god

95] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

96] All for one, and one for all.

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

98] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

99] Love conquers all

100] Virtue carries a lean purse