Famous Proverbs

1] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

2] He that is absent is soon forgotten

3] Appearances are deceptive

4] Wisdom is better than strength

5] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

6] Love turns pimples

7] Money can influence even the spirits

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

9] Good hand, good hire

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

11] Practice makes perfect

12] Cheap is dear in the long run.

13] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

14] Make the best of a bad job

15] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

16] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

17] Little things are great to little men

18] Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

19] The absent saint gets no candle

20] Patience is the remedy of the world

21] All doors open to courtesy

22] Don’t play with edged tools

23] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

24] Better ask the way than go astray

25] Quietness is a great treasure

26] A little is better than none

27] Bear with evil and expect good

28] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

29] None can guess the jewel by the casket

30] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

31] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

32] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

33] Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage

34] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

35] There is none misfortune cannot reach

36] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

37] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

38] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

39] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

40] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

41] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

42] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

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

44] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

45] Never spend your money before you have it

46] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

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

48] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

49] Weak things united become strong

50] The end makes all equal

51] New meat begets a new appetite

52] Beware of no man more than himself

53] Bold men have generous hearts

54] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

55] Where there is whispering there is lying

56] Youth and age will never agree

57] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

58] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

59] One good deed makes up for a thousand bad ones.

60] The voice is the best music

61] Take the will for the deed

62] Grin and bear it

63] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

64] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

65] All heiresses are beautiful.

66] Pursuits become habits

67] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

68] Old cattle breed not

69] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

70] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

71] A man can do no more than he can

72] A rich man’s joke is always funny

73] Procrastination is the thief of time

74] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

75] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

76] Actions speak louder than words

77] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

78] Words cut more than swords

79] Practice what you preach

80] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

81] To err is human; to forgive, divine

82] The faulty stands on his guard

83] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

84] It is all in the day’s work

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

86] Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

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

88] Manners make the man

89] One of these days is none of these days

90] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

91] The rich knows not who is his friend

92] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

93] You never know your luck

94] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

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

96] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

97] No man is indispensable

98] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

99] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

100] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears