Famous Proverbs

1] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

2] Clothes do not make the man

3] The end justifies the means

4] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

5] Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

6] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

7] He that ventures not fails not.

8] As you sow, so shall you reap

9] The mob has many heads but no brains

10] Better to ask the way than go astray.

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

12] A good drink makes the old young

13] Never do evil that good may come of it

14] A good name is better than a golden girdle

15] Never spur a willing horse

16] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

17] None can guess the jewel by the casket

18] Take things as you find them

19] Exchange is no robbery

20] See how the wind blows

21] Long looked for, comes at last

22] Ill gotten, ill spent

23] Every law has a loophole

24] Take time by the forelock

25] Don’t play with fire

26] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

27] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

28] Good clothes open all doors

29] Time has wings

30] The exception proves the rule

31] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

32] In my own house, I am king

33] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

34] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

35] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

36] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

37] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

38] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

39] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

40] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

41] Wrong has no warrant

42] Experience is good if not bought too dear

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

44] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

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

46] That which proves too much proves nothing

47] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

48] A good tongue is a good weapon

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

50] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

51] You cannot have it both ways

52] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

53] Dirty water does not wash clean.

54] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

55] The devil dances in an empty pocket

56] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

57] There is no tree but bears some fruit

58] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

59] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

60] Young saint, old devil.

61] You can’t win them all

62] No man fears what he has seen grow

63] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

64] The cowl does not make the monk.

65] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

66] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

67] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

68] Charity excuseth not cheating.

69] Beware of a silent man and still water

70] A good name is better than riches

71] A good face is a letter of recommendation

72] One is not smelt where all stink

73] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

74] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

75] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

76] A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose

77] Empty vessels make the most noise

78] He that lends, gives

79] You cannot have your cake and eat it

80] Affection blinds reason

81] Silence and thinking can no man offend

82] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

83] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

84] Master easy, servant slack

85] He who leaps high must take a long run

86] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

87] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

88] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

89] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

90] The absent saint gets no candle

91] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration

92] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

93] Love can find a way

94] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

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

96] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

97] Experience must be bought

98] It costs more to do ill than to do well

99] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

100] Names are debts