Famous Proverbs

1] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

2] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

3] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

4] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

5] What cannot gold do?

6] To err is human

7] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

8] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

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

10] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

11] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

12] The devil is not as black as he is painted

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

14] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

15] Love sees no fault

16] A fool believes everything

17] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

18] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

19] Hitch your wagon to a star

20] Anything will fit a naked man.

21] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

22] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

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

24] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

25] Bear with evil and expect good

26] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

27] Every groom is a king at home

28] Self do, self have

29] As you brew, so shall you drink.

30] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

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

32] Between two stools you fall to the ground

33] Never refuse a good offer

34] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

35] The hand that gives, gathers

36] Love knows no limit

37] Life means strife

38] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

39] Love conquers all

40] Men are not to be measured in inches

41] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

42] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

43] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

44] The dog that fetches, will carry.

45] What is new cannot be true

46] Where god will help, nothing does harm

47] Every shoe fits not every foot

48] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

49] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

50] Life begins only in success

51] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

52] Company in misery makes it light

53] The cowl does not make the monk.

54] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

55] Old vessels must leak

56] A crust is better than no bread.

57] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

58] Life is short and time is swift

59] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

60] Tell the truth and shame the devil

61] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

62] The golden age was never the present age

63] A good face is a letter of recommendation

64] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

65] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

66] One foot is better than two crutches

67] The more wicked, the more lucky

68] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

69] None so deaf as those that will not hear

70] A good name is better than a golden girdle

71] Judge not of men and things at first sight

72] Where there is no trust there is no love

73] Rust wastes more than use

74] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

75] They also serve who only stand and wait

76] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

77] Every little helps

78] None so blind as those who will not see

79] One must howl with the wolves

80] Take the will for the deed

81] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

82] It is too late to call back yesterday

83] Do not limp before the lame

84] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

85] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

86] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

87] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

88] Everything would fain live

89] His bark is worse than his bite

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

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

92] Money isn’t everything

93] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

94] Come with the wind, got with the water

95] Experience must be bought

96] Poverty does not hurt him who has not been rich before

97] To teach is to learn twice over

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

99] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

100] Death devours lambs as well as sheep