Famous Proverbs

1] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

2] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

3] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

4] By falling we learn to go safely

5] Children speak only words they have heard.

6] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

7] A good conscience is a soft pillow

8] A good servant must have good wages

9] He knows the water best who has waded through it

10] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

11] A merchant that gains not, loses

12] Garbage in, garbage out

13] Silence is golden

14] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

15] The physician who praises himself has no good medicine

16] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

17] A soft answer turns away wrath

18] All things that great men do are well done

19] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

20] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

21] Better an apple given than eaten

22] A fool always rushes to the fore.

23] All cats are grey in the dark

24] The young will sow their wild oats

25] The ant had wings to her hurt

26] He who comes late must eat what is left

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

28] The dog that fetches, will carry.

29] When the word is out it belongs to another

30] He that sows virtue reaps fame

31] At open doors, dogs come in

32] Virtue is its own reward

33] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

34] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

35] A jest breaks no bones

36] The great would have none great, and the little all little

37] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

38] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

39] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

40] Evil to him who evil thinks.

41] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

42] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

43] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

44] Borrowed garments never fit well

45] The love of money is the root of all evil

46] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

47] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

48] All’s fair in love and war

49] All things for not all persons

50] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

51] Nature surpasses art

52] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

53] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

54] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

55] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

56] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

57] The best things are hard to come by.

58] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

59] He who serves is not free

60] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

61] The proud will sooner lose than ask the way

62] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

63] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

64] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

65] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

66] He that is born a fool is never cured

67] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

68] Goods that are much on show lose their colour

69] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

70] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

71] Haste makes waste

72] A bully is always a coward

73] Children speak only words they have heard.

74] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

75] God arms the harmless

76] A drowning man will clutch at a straw

77] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

78] He who hesitates is lost

79] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

80] Small is the seed of every greatness

81] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

82] Many eyes upon the king

83] Even Homer sometimes nods

84] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

85] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

86] The borrower is servant to the lender

87] Many drops make a shower

88] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

89] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

90] Weeds need no sowing

91] Too much money makes one mad

92] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

93] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

94] To speak as the common people, to think as the wise

95] Harp not for ever on the same string

96] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

97] Things are only worth one makes them worth

98] Fingers were made before forks

99] Love laughs at locksmiths

100] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool