Famous Proverbs

1] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

2] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

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

4] Look on the bright side

5] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

6] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

7] Every light has its shadow

8] Forewarned is forearmed

9] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

10] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

11] In indecision itself, grief is present.

12] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

13] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

14] Never judge from appearances

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

16] Hungry bellies have no ears

17] He who excuses himself accuses himself

18] The day obliterates the promise of the might

19] A fool and his money are soon parted

20] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

21] Love is never without jealousy

22] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

23] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

24] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

25] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

26] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

27] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

28] When luck comes, who doesn’t; when luck doesn’t come, who does?

29] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

30] That which is easily done is soon believed

31] A good tongue is a good weapon

32] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

33] God sends cold after Clothes

34] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

35] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

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

37] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

38] A good garden may have some ill weeds

39] Love is blind

40] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

41] Take time by the forelock

42] He stands not surely that never slips

43] The weeds overgrow the corn.

44] The money you refuse will never do you good

45] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

46] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

47] It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

48] Poor folk fare the best

49] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

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

51] Half a loaf is better than do bread

52] Once a knave, always a knave

53] Death is the grand leveler

54] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

55] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

56] Laws were made to be broke

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

58] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

59] Anything will fit a naked man.

60] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

61] Good ware makes quick market

62] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

63] A soft answer turns away wrath

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

65] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

66] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

67] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

68] Ill news comes unsent for.

69] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

70] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

71] Barking dogs seldom bite

72] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

73] A hungry man smells meat afar off

74] He that burns most, shines most

75] Call no man happy till he is dead

76] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

77] Pride goes before a fall

78] A good example is the best sermon

79] Heaven helps those who help themselves

80] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

81] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

82] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

83] The lion had need of the mouse

84] The ant had wings to her hurt

85] They are rich who have true friends

86] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

87] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

88] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

89] A gift much expected is paid, not given

90] Better never begin than never make an end

91] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

92] Well begun is half done.

93] Who greases his way travels easily

94] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

95] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

96] The best wine comes from an old vessel

97] There is many a fair thing full false

98] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

99] The cowl does not make the monk.

100] Muck and money go together