Famous Proverbs

1] All covet all lose.

2] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

3] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

4] They are rich who have true friends

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

6] Little things please little minds

7] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

8] Pride goes before a fall

9] Flesh is frail

10] Seek and you shall find

11] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

12] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

13] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

14] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

15] Intimacy lessens fame

16] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

17] Better children weep than old men

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

19] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

20] One lie makes many

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

22] A good conscience is a soft pillow

23] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

24] When you drink water from the stream, don’t forget that the source of it is the spring

25] The day obliterates the promise of the might

26] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

27] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

28] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

29] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

30] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

31] Words are but wind

32] At open doors, dogs come in

33] Misfortune arrives on horseback but departs on foot

34] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

35] Praise is always pleasant

36] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

37] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

38] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

39] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

40] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

41] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

42] First try and then trust

43] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

44] Without luck, it is better not to be born

45] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

46] Beggars must not be choosers

47] Death does not recognize strength

48] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

49] A bully is always a coward

50] Little things please little minds

51] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

52] A good example is the best sermon

53] If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

54] The best things in life are free

55] There’s a time and place for everything

56] An egg thief will become a camel thief

57] A loveless life is a living death

58] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

59] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

60] No man is a hero to his valet

61] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

62] A scalded cat fears hot water.

63] Desire beautifies what is ugly

64] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

65] A learned man has always riches in himself

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

67] Good counsel never comes amiss

68] You cannot serve God and Mammon

69] Silence is golden

70] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

71] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

72] Strike while the iron is hot

73] All is vanity.

74] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

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

76] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

77] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

78] He who hesitates is lost

79] III counsel mars all

80] The highest branch is not the safest roost

81] God made the country ,and man made the town

82] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

83] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

84] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

85] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

86] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

87] A jest breaks no bones

88] Why does one man’s yawning make another yawn?

89] Let sleeping dogs lie

90] What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own

91] Jack is as good as his master

92] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

93] Needs must when the evil drives

94] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

95] Dirty water does not wash clean.

96] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

97] Nothing so bad in which there is not something of good

98] Man cannot live by bread alone

99] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

100] Precept begins, examples accomplish