Famous Proverbs

1] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

2] Four eyes see more than two

3] East or west, home is best

4] The exception proves the rule

5] Extremes meet

6] A true man and a thief think not the same

7] Do as I say, not as I do

8] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

9] One reason is as good as fifty

10] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

11] Remember, you are but a man

12] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

13] A word to the wise is enough

14] One man sows and another reaps

15] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

16] All must be as God will

17] Every path has a puddle

18] A word is enough to the wise

19] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

20] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

21] Might knows no right

22] The sun shines upon all alike.

23] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

24] Expectation is better than realisation

25] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

26] Union is strength.

27] Flesh is frail

28] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

29] No one ought to judge in his own cause

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

31] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

32] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

33] Delay is the antidote of anger

34] Gifts blind the eyes.

35] Discontent is the first step in progress

36] Much law but little justice

37] Many a little makes a mickle

38] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

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

40] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

41] Habit is second nature

42] Fortune is blind

43] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

44] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

45] Full of courtesy, full of craft

46] Black will take no other hue

47] Slow but sure wins the race

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

49] If one will not, another will

50] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

51] Needs must when the evil drives

52] As you bake, so shall you eat.

53] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

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

55] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

56] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

57] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

58] A miss is as good as a mile

59] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

60] He who owes is in all the wrong

61] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

62] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

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

64] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

65] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

66] You never know what you can do till you try

67] A bad excuse is better than none at all

68] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

69] Adam’s ale is the best brew

70] Wise men silent, fools talk

71] Choose thy company before thy drink

72] First impressions are most lasting

73] Never do evil that good may come of it

74] Where there are reeds, there is water

75] Honesty is the best policy

76] It takes a wise man to be a fool

77] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

78] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

79] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

80] First thrive then wive

81] Petty laws breed great crimes

82] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

83] One cannot put back the clock

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

85] Long life has long misery

86] He who hesitates is lost

87] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

88] It takes two to make a quarrel

89] Everything would fain live

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

91] Forewarned is forearmed

92] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

93] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

94] Repentance is a bitter physic

95] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

96] All things are difficult before they are easy

97] A scalded cat fears hot water.

98] Cowards die many times before their deaths

99] Money can influence even the spirits

100] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty