Famous Proverbs

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

2] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

3] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

4] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

5] Pursuits become habits

6] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

7] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

8] An old dog barks not in vain

9] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

10] First impressions are the most lasting

11] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

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

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

14] 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

15] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

16] Praise no man till he is dead.

17] Save your breath to cool the porridge

18] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

19] A good word stills great anger

20] As you sow, so shall you reap

21] Homo is a common name to all men.

22] The first blow is half the battle

23] Envy never enriched any man.

24] Let not your tongue run at rover

25] Charity begins at home.

26] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

27] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

28] Fair without, false within

29] Weeds need no sowing

30] There is nothing like being on the safe side

31] Youth will have its course.

32] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

33] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

34] Custom makes all things easy

35] The goat must browse where she is tied

36] Love turns pimples

37] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

38] The best things in life are free

39] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

40] In the end, things will mend

41] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

42] Waste not, want not

43] Ill news comes often on the back of worse

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

45] He is rich that has few wants

46] The dog is a lion in his own house

47] Procrastination is the thief of time

48] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

49] Divine grace was never slow

50] One today is worth two tomorrows

51] When bitterness reaches its extreme, sweetness will follow

52] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

53] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

54] No man knows what good is than he who has endured evil

55] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

56] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

57] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

58] Beware of a silent man and still water

59] Gifts blind the eyes.

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

61] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

62] All heiresses are beautiful.

63] A man may bear till his back breaks

64] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

65] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

66] Good is good but better carries it

67] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

68] Every flow must have its ebb

69] All is vanity.

70] Dog does not eat dog

71] Fools grow without watering.

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

73] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

74] The longest journey starts with a single step

75] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

76] Every groom is a king at home

77] That which Nature paints never fades

78] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

79] A still tongue makes a wise head

80] Hope is grief’s best music

81] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

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

83] What’s in a name?

84] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

85] Far fowls have fair feather

86] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

87] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

88] A little too late, is much too late

89] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

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

91] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

92] United we stand, divided we fall

93] An oak is not felled at one stroke

94] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

95] First come, first served

96] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

97] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

98] Love sees no fault

99] Discontent is the first step in progress

100] It is best to be on the safe side