Famous Proverbs

1] Needs must when the evil drives

2] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

3] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

4] A monk can’t shave his own head

5] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

6] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

7] Some are wise and some are otherwise

8] Far from eye, far from heart

9] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

10] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

11] Much law but little justice

12] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

13] Two blacks do not make a white

14] When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

15] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

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

17] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

18] Necessity is mother of invention

19] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

20] Children speak only words they have heard.

21] A jack of all traders is master of none

22] Everything new is fine

23] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

24] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

25] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

26] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

27] Where there are reeds, there is water

28] Diligence is the mother of good luck

29] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

30] The labour we delight in physics pain

31] A word before is worth two behind

32] Every dog is a lion at home

33] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

34] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

35] Liars should have good memories

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

37] He is wise who looks ahead

38] Black will take no other hue

39] The garment worn determines how one is served

40] No feast lasts forever.

41] It is well to live that one may learn

42] Valour delights in the test

43] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

44] No man is content with his lot

45] One of these days is none of these days

46] Never spur a willing horse

47] Good fame is better than a good face

48] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

49] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

50] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

51] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

52] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

53] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

54] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

55] All for one, and one for all.

56] The longest night will have an end

57] The wisest of the wise may err.

58] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

59] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

60] When you do not know what to do – wait.

61] Misfortune does not always come to injure

62] He that is absent is soon forgotten

63] The golden age was never the present age

64] Manners and money make a gentleman

65] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

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

67] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

68] What’s done cannot be undone

69] Money is power

70] All our pomp the earth covers

71] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

72] Tell a lie and stick to it.

73] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

74] Mere wishes are silly fishes

75] Tell a lie and stick to it.

76] Open a book and you profit by what you read

77] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

78] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

79] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

80] Of two evils choose the lesser

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

82] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

83] A woman’s work is never done

84] The goat must browse where she is tied

85] Human blood is all of a colour

86] An Englishman’s home is his castle

87] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

88] No pains, no gains

89] Fair face, foul heart

90] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

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

92] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

93] Misery loves company.

94] Too long burden makes weary bones

95] He who touches pitch will be defiled

96] Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard

97] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

98] An old horse knows the route

99] Make the best of a bad bargain

100] Example is better than precept