Famous Proverbs

1] Slow help is no help

2] Novelty always appears handsome

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

4] Great actions speak minds

5] He knows most who speaks least

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

7] Those near the temple deride the gods

8] He freezes who does not burn

9] He that has good money, gives few alms

10] Marriages are made in heaven

11] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

12] Better eye sore than al blind

13] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

14] Law makers should not be law breakers

15] Self do, self have

16] Every dog has his (its) day

17] God is a sure paymaster

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

19] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

20] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

21] When meat is in anger is out

22] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

23] Wedlock is padlock

24] He who sows, trusts in God

25] No flying without wings.

26] There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it

27] The pot calls the kettle black

28] Even Homer sometimes nods

29] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

30] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

31] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

32] Innocence is no protection

33] Findings are keepings

34] Hunger is the best sauce

35] Evil to him who evil thinks.

36] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

37] One hand washes the other

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

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

40] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

41] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

42] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

43] Truth is stranger than fiction

44] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

45] He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.

46] It is too late to husband when all is spent

47] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

48] A little is better than none

49] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

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

51] Anger managers everything badly.

52] A good conscience is a constant feast

53] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

54] Dead men tell no tales

55] An ill tongue may do much

56] He that eats least eats most

57] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

58] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

59] Better do a kindness near home than go to a temple far away to burn incense.

60] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

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

62] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

63] The hole calls the thief

64] God is always on the side of the big battalions

65] Beauty fades like a flower.

66] Truth is god’s daughter

67] A great city, a great solitude

68] Love can find a way

69] Honesty is the best policy

70] The money you refuse will never do you good

71] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

72] Money can influence even the spirits

73] Findings are keepings

74] No misfortune will go on forever

75] Keep some till further more come

76] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

77] What may be done at any time is done at no time

78] Kindness lies in one side of the house

79] Love is never without jealousy

80] Little and often fills the purse

81] What is the mother of industry

82] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

83] The early bird catches the worm

84] A man may bear till his back breaks

85] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

86] Threatened folk live long

87] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

88] In wine there is truth

89] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

90] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

91] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

92] No cross, no crown

93] A monk can’t shave his own head

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

95] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

96] He that talks much, errs much

97] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

98] No answer is also an answer

99] Pleasant hours fly past

100] First come, first served