Famous Proverbs

1] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

2] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

3] Silence and thinking can no man offend

4] Grasp all, lose all

5] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

6] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

7] First come, first served

8] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

9] If you would be well served, serve yourself

10] Every law has a loophole

11] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

12] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

13] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

14] Every beginning is hard

15] Extremes are dangerous

16] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

17] It’s dogged that does it

18] Give the devil his due

19] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

20] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

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

22] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

23] Thrift is a great revenue

24] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

25] You cannot make bricks without straw

26] None so deaf as those that will not hear

27] Every light has its shadow

28] Wiles help weak folk

29] A traveller may lie with authority

30] They that dance must pay the fiddler

31] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

32] The good die young.

33] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

34] Liars should have good memories

35] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

36] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

37] Hope keeps man alive

38] No hair so small but has his shadow

39] Better children weep than old men

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

41] All heiresses are beautiful.

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

43] Take things as you find them

44] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

45] Train the child in the way he should go.

46] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

47] Virtue is its own reward

48] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

49] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

50] Curiosity killed the cat.

51] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

52] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

53] Good words are worth much and cost little

54] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

55] Children speak only words they have heard.

56] What is worth doing is worth doing well

57] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

58] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

59] Man cannot live by bread alone

60] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

61] Never hit a man when he’s down

62] A woman’s work is never done

63] Everything in moderation.

64] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

65] Charity excuseth not cheating.

66] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

67] So many countries, so many customs

68] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

69] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

70] Children pick up words as pigeons peas, and utter than again as god shall please

71] One father is more than a hundred school masters

72] Much science, much sorrow

73] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

74] He that repairs not a part, builds all

75] If you play with fire you get burnt

76] Fortune is blind

77] A cat may look at a king

78] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

79] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

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

81] A little learning is dangerous thing

82] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

83] Men do more things through habit than reason

84] Many eyes upon the king

85] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

86] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

87] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

88] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

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

90] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

91] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

92] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

93] Money is the sinews of war

94] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

95] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

96] Every path has a puddle

97] The best go first

98] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

99] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

100] Better die a beggar than live a beggar