Famous Proverbs

1] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

2] He that has no money needs no purse

3] Shrouds have no pockets

4] Better an apple given than eaten

5] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

6] Small is beautiful

7] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

8] When one door shuts, another opens

9] Plain dealing is a jewel

10] Do not kick against the pricks

11] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

12] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

13] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

14] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

15] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

16] All truths are not to be told

17] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

18] There is nothing permanent except change

19] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

20] Good words are worth much and cost little

21] He that burns most, shines most

22] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

23] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

24] Fools live poor to die rich

25] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

26] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

27] Better ask the way than go astray

28] Love me, love my dog

29] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

30] Much science, much sorrow

31] There are more ways to the wood than one.

32] Lavishness is not generosity

33] A man of courage never wants weapons

34] Men make houses, women make homes

35] Every man is his own worst enemy

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

37] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

38] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

39] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

40] Dreams are lies

41] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

42] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

43] The best things come in small packages

44] Wedlock is padlock

45] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

46] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

47] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

48] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

49] Many drops make a shower

50] Money can influence even the spirits

51] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

52] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

53] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

54] The labourer is worthy of his hire

55] A bribe will enter without knocking

56] A man can do no more than he can

57] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

58] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

59] A man’s mother is his other God

60] Riches along make no men happy

61] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

62] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

63] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

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

65] Hunger is the teacher of many

66] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

67] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

68] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

69] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

70] Judge not of men and things at first sight

71] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

72] An old man is a bed full of bones

73] What cannot gold do?

74] The eye sees only what it has the power of seeing

75] Lose a leg rather than a life

76] New meat begets a new appetite

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

78] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

79] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

80] A short cut is often a wrong cut

81] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

82] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

83] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

84] Without diligence, no prize

85] Nothing crave, nothing have

86] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

87] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

88] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

89] A true friend is forever a friend

90] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

91] Experience is good if not bought too dear

92] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

93] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

94] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

95] Truth is god’s daughter

96] Man cannot live by bread alone

97] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

98] One hand washes the other

99] When the cat is away, the mice will play

100] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down