Famous Proverbs

1] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

2] Choose thy company before thy drink

3] He that lends, gives

4] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

5] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

6] Love me, love the crows on my roof

7] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

8] First come, first served

9] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

10] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

11] Nature hates all sudden changes

12] A mouse may help a lion

13] An obedient wife commands her husband

14] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

15] There is no accounting for tastes

16] God’s help is better than the early rising

17] Children pick up words as pigeons peas, and utter than again as god shall please

18] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

19] Envy never enriched any man.

20] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

21] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

22] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

23] Bold resolution is the favourite of providence

24] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

25] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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

27] Death does not recognize strength

28] Fingers were made before forks

29] Wise men are caught in wiles

30] The devil is not as black as he is painted

31] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

32] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

33] Love is without reason

34] Quietness is a great treasure

35] Do not triumph before the victory

36] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

37] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

38] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

39] Better an open enemy than a false friend

40] When you do not know what to do – wait.

41] Old foxes want no tutors

42] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

43] One kindness is the price of another

44] Every medal has two sides

45] The race is got by running

46] Come with the wind, got with the water

47] Beauty draws more than oxen

48] The last drop makes the cup run over

49] Every one thinks his own cross is heaviest

50] The best things carried to excess are wrong

51] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

52] Do as I say, not as I do

53] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

54] Forewarned is forearmed

55] Safety lies in the middle course

56] Give and take is fair play

57] Learning is the eye of the mind

58] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

59] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

60] Dying is as natural as living

61] What is worth doing is worth doing well

62] Children should be seen and not heard

63] No pains, no gains

64] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

65] He knows most who speaks least

66] Practice makes perfect

67] Little and often fills the purse

68] Out of debt, out of danger

69] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

70] A good name is better than riches

71] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

72] There is no royal road to learning

73] Make the best of a bad job

74] Patient waiters are no losers

75] A good paymaster never wants workmen

76] The young will sow their wild oats

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

78] The ant had wings to her hurt

79] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

80] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

81] It takes all sorts to make a world

82] Trust not the many-minded populace

83] A word before is worth two behind

84] Children learn to creep ere they can go

85] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

86] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

87] A goose drinks as much as gander

88] There is no smoke without fire

89] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

90] Borrowed garments never fit well

91] A cat may look at a king

92] An empty sack cannot stand upright

93] There’s a time and place for everything

94] Frugality is the mother of virtue

95] Patience is a plaster for all sores

96] When angry, count a hundred

97] From small beginnings come great things

98] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

99] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

100] Courtesy on one side never lasts long