Famous Proverbs

1] None can guess the jewel by the casket

2] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

3] Few words are best

4] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

5] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

6] Six feet of earth make all men equal

7] Love turns pimples

8] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

9] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

10] All’s well that ends well

11] An old ox makes a straight furrow

12] Give and take is fair play

13] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

14] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

15] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

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

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

18] Words bind men

19] Diamond cuts diamond

20] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

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

22] Far from eye, far from heart

23] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

24] Train the child in the way he should go.

25] Company in misery makes it light

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

27] Distance lends enchantment to the view

28] A word is enough to the wise

29] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

30] Gold is tried in the fire

31] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

32] Love cannot be compelled

33] Use makes mastery

34] Misery loves company.

35] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

36] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

37] Desert and reward seldom keep company

38] Variety takes away satiety

39] What everybody says must be true

40] No man is a hero to his valet

41] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

42] Forgive and forget

43] Tell a lie and stick to it.

44] The absent party is always to blame.

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

46] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

47] It will be the same a hundred years hence

48] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

49] Speech is silver, silence is golden

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

51] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

52] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

53] Necessity is a powerful weapon

54] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

55] Abundance, like want, ruins many

56] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

57] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

58] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

59] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

60] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

61] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

62] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

63] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

64] Like will to like

65] He mediates revenge who least complains.

66] Empty vessels make the most noise

67] Old cattle breed not

68] Precept begins, examples accomplish

69] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

70] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

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

72] Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm

73] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

74] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

75] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

76] He that has no money needs no purse

77] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

78] Better an apple given than eaten

79] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

80] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

81] Hunger is the teacher of many

82] No convenience without its inconvenience

83] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

84] Without luck, it is better not to be born

85] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

86] Variety is the spice of life

87] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

88] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

89] Happy is the country (or nation) that has no history

90] An honest good look covers many faults.

91] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

92] Two heads are better than one

93] Every man has his price

94] A constant guest is never welcome

95] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

96] What the king wills, that the law wills

97] No sweet without sweat

98] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

99] Every advantage has its disadvantage

100] Envy is the sorrow of fools.