Famous Proverbs

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

2] The tailor makes the man

3] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

4] One foot is better than two crutches

5] Dumb dogs are dangerous

6] Death keeps no calendar

7] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

8] Between two stools you fall to the ground

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

10] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

11] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

12] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

13] Human blood is all of a colour

14] A closed mouth catches no files

15] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

16] His bark is worse than his bite

17] He conquers who endures

18] Diamond cuts diamond

19] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

20] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

21] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

22] It takes all sorts to make a world

23] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

24] Union (or Unity) is strength

25] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

26] Honesty is ill to thrive by

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

28] Love knows hidden paths

29] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

30] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

31] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

32] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

33] He who last, laughs longest.

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

35] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

36] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

37] Love is blind

38] The best wine comes from an old vessel

39] Ill comes often on the back worse

40] Never hit a man when he’s down

41] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

42] The wisest of the wise may err.

43] Little wealth, little care

44] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

45] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

46] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

47] The garment worn determines how one is served

48] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

49] A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse

50] If anything can go wrong, it will

51] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

52] The pot calls the kettle black

53] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

54] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

55] Habit is second nature

56] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

57] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

58] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

59] A word is enough to the wise

60] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

61] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

62] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

63] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

64] Best is cheapest

65] Every light has its shadow

66] Through hardship to the stars

67] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

68] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

69] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

70] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

71] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

72] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

73] Coming events cast their shadows before

74] You know what you can do till you try.

75] Rich folk have many friends

76] He who excuses himself accuses himself

77] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

78] There’s no place like home

79] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

80] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

81] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

82] Seeing is believing

83] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

84] Health without money is half an ague

85] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

86] Many a little makes a mickle

87] Rust wastes more than use

88] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

89] No misfortune will go on forever

90] Every oak has been an acorn

91] Law makers should not be law breakers

92] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

93] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

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

95] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

96] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

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

98] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

99] Don’t cry stinking fish

100] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb