Famous Proverbs

1] Time lost cannot be recalled

2] Man does what he can, and God what he will

3] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

4] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

5] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

6] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

7] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

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

9] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

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

11] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

12] Don’t ride the high horse

13] He that gives his goods before he be dead, take up a mallet and knock him on the head

14] It is never too late to mend

15] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

16] A traveller may lie with authority

17] Words bind men

18] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

19] He who never was sick dies the first fit

20] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

21] Mere wishes are silly fishes

22] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

23] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

24] Marriage makes or mars a man

25] Help a lame dog over a stile

26] Sorrow will pay no debt

27] Hope keeps man alive

28] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

29] Plain dealing is best

30] Better late than never

31] At a good bargain thinks twice

32] All for one, and one for all.

33] You can’t win them all

34] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

35] As is the mould, so will the cake be.

36] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

37] Soft fire makes sweet malt

38] Judge not, that ye be not judged

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

40] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

41] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

42] Better an apple given than eaten

43] Better beg than steal.

44] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

45] A good paymaster needs no surety

46] He who does nothing but sits and eats, will wear away a mountain of wealth

47] Slow but sure wins the race

48] Gossiping and lying go together

49] Goods that are much on show lose their colour

50] Everything comes to him who waits

51] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

52] Young saint, old devil.

53] Too much curiosity lost paradise

54] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

55] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

56] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

57] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

58] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

59] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

60] Tempt not a desperate man

61] Think of ease, but work on.

62] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

63] Experience is good if not bought too dear

64] Make the best of a bad job

65] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

66] Honesty is ill to thrive by

67] Crime does not pay

68] Big fish eat little fish

69] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

70] Too much money makes one mad

71] Parents are patterns

72] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

73] As soon as there is life there is danger

74] Give and spend, and God will send

75] Leave well alone

76] An old horse knows the route

77] Care brings grey hair.

78] The righteous man sins before an open chest

79] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

80] It is more blessed to give than to receive

81] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

82] No feast lasts forever.

83] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

84] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

85] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

86] Good luck beats early rising

87] Least said, soonest mended

88] Misfortune does not always come to injure

89] God tempers that wind to the shorn lamb

90] Water is the king of food

91] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

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

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

94] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

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

96] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

97] It is too late to look up after you have collided

98] If you don’t have good weapons, it is better for you to submit

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

100] Every man has his price