Famous Proverbs

1] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

2] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

3] He that hath a full purse never wanted (or lacked) a friend

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

5] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

6] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

7] Never say die

8] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

9] A good marksman may miss

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

11] Possibilities are infinite

12] He that speaks not, God hears not

13] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

14] Nothing comes from nothing

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

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

17] Do not wear out your welcome

18] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

19] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

20] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

21] The tailor makes the man

22] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

23] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

24] A soft answer turns away wrath

25] Petty laws breed great crimes

26] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all

27] All things for not all persons

28] What must be must be

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

30] Work expands so as to fill the time available

31] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

32] Fish and guests smell in three days

33] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

34] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

35] Soon hot, soon cold

36] There is no place like home

37] Human blood is all of a colour

38] We live by laws, not by examples

39] Money is the sinews of war

40] Necessity is a powerful weapon

41] Think of ease, but work on.

42] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

43] Like master, like man

44] No pains, no gains

45] Advice when most needed is least heeded

46] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

47] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

48] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

49] Worse things happen at sea

50] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

51] Give a loan and buy quarrel

52] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

53] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

54] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

55] He knows the water best who has waded through it

56] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

57] One reason is as good as fifty

58] Too much cunning undoes

59] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

60] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

61] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

62] The eye sees only what it has the power of seeing

63] Every little helps

64] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

65] A good example is the best sermon

66] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

67] Ill gotten, ill spent

68] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

69] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

70] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

71] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

72] Findings are keepings

73] Look before you leap

74] Lend your money and lose a friend

75] To teach is to learn twice over

76] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

77] Think on the end before you begin

78] Fools grow without watering.

79] The devil knows many things because he is old

80] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

81] The end justifies the means

82] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

83] A jest breaks no bones

84] Money talks

85] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

86] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

87] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

88] It will be the same a hundred years hence

89] Least said, soonest mended

90] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

91] Best is cheapest

92] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

93] Jack is as good as his master

94] Coming events cast their shadows before

95] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

96] Christmas comes but once a year

97] A man’s studies pass in to his character

98] The grace of God enough

99] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

100] Innocence is no protection