Famous Proverbs

1] In wine there is truth

2] Live not to eat, but eat to live

3] Gifts blind the eyes.

4] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

5] Procrastination is the thief of time

6] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

7] Common fame is seldom to blame

8] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

9] A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years

10] Silence gives (or means) consent

11] One may change the place but not the mind.

12] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

13] Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick

14] Lookers-on see more than players

15] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

16] The highest tree has the greatest fall

17] A soft answer turns away wrath

18] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

19] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

20] Wise men are caught in wiles

21] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

22] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

23] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

24] Many dishes make many diseases

25] Waste makes wants

26] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

27] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

28] No man is wise at all times

29] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

30] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

31] Ill luck is good for something

32] The poor suffer all the wrong

33] Marriage is a lottery

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

35] Slow and steady wins the race

36] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

37] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

38] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

39] Learning is the eye of the mind

40] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

41] The result justifies the deed

42] A learned man has always riches in himself

43] Extremes are dangerous

44] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

45] There is no place like home

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

47] In doing we learn.

48] The best of men are but men at best.

49] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

50] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

51] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

52] Practice is the science that gives confidence

53] The goat must browse where she is tied

54] Health is great riches

55] He that speaks well, flights well

56] Good counsel never comes amiss

57] The wish is father to the thought

58] Pleasant hours fly past

59] An old dog barks not in vain

60] Every one thinks his own sack heaviest

61] Sooner begun, sooner done

62] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

63] Excessive happiness produces pain

64] Spare the rod and spoil the child

65] Don’t cry for the moon

66] Marriage makes or mars a man

67] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

68] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

69] So many men, so many opinions

70] Haste makes waste

71] Never spur a willing horse

72] Fair without, false within

73] Borrowed garments never fit well

74] Big words seldom go with good deeds

75] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

76] Give and take is fair play

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

78] Young colts will canter.

79] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

80] Marriages are made in heaven

81] What has been, may be

82] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

83] The love of money is the root of all evil

84] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

85] A man may learn wit every day.

86] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

87] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

88] Do not triumph before the victory

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

90] Fear of death is worse than death itself

91] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

92] It is easier to pull down than to build

93] Experience is the mother of wisdom

94] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

95] Change of pasture makes fat calves

96] All is fair in love and war

97] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

98] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

99] Much would have more

100] Every commodity has its discommodity