Famous Proverbs

1] It is a great victory that comes without blood

2] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

3] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

4] Two heads are better than one

5] Do not kick against the pricks

6] Ale will make a cat speak

7] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

8] Like breeds like

9] Stolen sweets are sweeter

10] No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect

11] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

12] What is word but wind?

13] Blood will have blood

14] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

15] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

16] A joke’s a very serious thing

17] Abundance, like want, ruins many

18] The early man ever borrows from the late man

19] The more laws, the more offenders

20] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

21] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

22] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

23] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

24] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

25] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

26] Everything in moderation.

27] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

28] Better to wear out than rust out

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

30] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

31] No convenience without its inconvenience

32] He who comes late must eat what is left

33] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

34] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

35] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

36] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

37] If you don’t have good weapons, it is better for you to submit

38] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

39] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

40] Take heed is a fair thing

41] Truth is mighty and will prevail

42] In haste is error

43] You can’t take it with you when you die

44] All good things must come to an end

45] A goose drinks as much as gander

46] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

47] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

48] A good example is the best sermon

49] The end justifies the means

50] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

51] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

52] A single rose does not mean spring

53] He who does no good, does evil enough

54] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

55] There are more men threatened than stricken

56] Cut your coat according to your cloth

57] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

58] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

59] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

60] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

61] The longest journey starts with a single step

62] No misfortune will go on forever

63] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

64] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

65] Grief pent up will break the heart

66] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

67] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

68] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

69] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

70] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

71] Money is the sinews of war

72] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

73] Good is good but better carries it

74] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

75] Hitch your wagon to a star

76] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

77] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

78] Little things please little minds

79] A little learning is dangerous thing

80] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

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

82] Wash your dirty linen at home

83] No like is the same.

84] You can’t clap with one hand

85] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

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

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

88] Walls have ears

89] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

90] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

91] A good wife makes a good husband

92] Everything comes to him who waits

93] Each day brings its own bread

94] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

95] Virtue carries a lean purse

96] It is best to be on the safe side

97] No one ought to judge in his own cause

98] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

99] Woes unite foes

100] A bad workman always blames his tools