Famous Proverbs

1] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

2] There is no royal road to learning

3] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

4] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

5] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

6] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

7] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

8] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

9] Sickness shows us what we are

10] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

11] When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

12] When bitterness reaches its extreme, sweetness will follow

13] He gives twice who gives quickly

14] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

15] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

16] Live and Learn

17] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

18] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

19] Success has many friends

20] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

21] He that pities another remembers himself

22] Great talkers are never great doers

23] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

24] Friendship should not be all on one side

25] Good words are worth much and cost little

26] Slow help is no help

27] Double charge will rive a cannon

28] Old habits die hard

29] First impressions are half the battle

30] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

31] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

32] No garden without its weeds.

33] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

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

35] No honest man ever repented his honesty

36] Make the best of a bad bargain

37] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

38] Don’t meet trouble half-way

39] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

40] The wisest of the wise may err.

41] Old foxes want no tutors

42] He gives twice who gives quickly

43] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

44] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

45] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

46] The beaten road is the safest

47] Good to begin well, better to end well.

48] He that is born a fool is never cured

49] A man may bear till his back breaks

50] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

51] Health and wealth create beauty

52] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

53] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

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

55] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

56] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

57] The early bird catches the worm

58] Too far east is west

59] Good goods are not cheap; cheap goods are not good

60] Evil to him who evil thinks.

61] It takes two to make a quarrel

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

63] Every medal has two sides

64] He is wise who looks ahead

65] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

66] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

67] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

68] Procrastination is the thief of time

69] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

70] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

71] He that has plenty of goods will have more

72] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

73] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

74] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

75] A good heart conquers ill fortune

76] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

77] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

78] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

79] Friends are thieves of time

80] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

81] III counsel mars all

82] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

83] A living dog is better than a dead lion

84] In everything consider the end

85] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

86] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

87] The mob tramples on the coward

88] He that is absent is soon forgotten

89] Pleasing ware is half sold

90] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

91] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

92] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

93] An ill tongue may do much

94] Never judge from appearances

95] Love turns pimples

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

97] Hard cases make bad law

98] The tongue talks at the heads cost

99] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

100] If you want peace, prepare for war