Famous Proverbs

1] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

2] The mob has many heads but no brains

3] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

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

5] Money refused loses its brightness

6] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

7] Do not wear out your welcome

8] He is rich that has few wants

9] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

10] A good marksman may miss

11] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

12] Love and business teach eloquence

13] As you sow, so shall you reap

14] Better an open enemy than a false friend

15] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

16] In the end, things will mend

17] It is good fishing in troubled waters

18] He that has no shame has no conscience

19] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

20] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

21] He that ventures not fails not.

22] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

23] Truth is stranger than fiction

24] The sign brings customers

25] Take away fuel, take away flame

26] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

27] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

28] One is not smelt where all stink

29] In wine there is truth

30] Thrift is a great revenue

31] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

32] None so busy as those who do nothing.

33] First impressions are the most lasting

34] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

35] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

36] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

37] First thrive then wive

38] Least said, soonest mended

39] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

40] An evil life is a kind of death.

41] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

42] You may have too much of a good thing

43] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

44] Hunger is sharper than the sword

45] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

46] Never too late to late to repent

47] There is truth in wine

48] Wise men learn by other men’s harms (or mistakes), fools, by their own

49] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

50] One sheep follows another

51] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

52] He that repairs not a part, builds all

53] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

54] Variety is charming

55] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

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

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

58] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

59] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

60] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

61] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

62] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

63] Take heed is a fair thing

64] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

65] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

66] Life means strife

67] Forewarned is forearmed

68] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

69] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

70] Laugh and grow fat

71] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

72] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

73] He that eats well should do his duty well

74] Far from eye, far from heart

75] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

76] When the cat is away, the mice will play

77] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

78] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

79] The garment worn determines how one is served

80] They can do least two boast loudest

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

82] An egg thief will become a camel thief

83] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

84] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

85] What the king wills, that the law wills

86] You cannot unscramble eggs

87] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

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

89] Children and fools cannot lie.

90] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

91] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

92] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

93] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

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

95] Best is cheapest

96] Youth and age will never agree

97] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

98] Nothing seek, nothing find

99] All is fair in love and war

100] As you plant wild grass, you won’t get a crop of rice.