Famous Proverbs

1] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

2] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

3] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

4] He is a fool who makes his physician his heir

5] None but the brave deserves the fair

6] After a storm comes a calm

7] Never buy a pig in a poke

8] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

9] No man is his craft’s master the first day

10] Hope keeps man alive

11] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

12] He who envies admits his inferiority

13] Give a loan and buy quarrel

14] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

15] Extremity of right is wrong

16] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

17] Keep some till further more come

18] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

19] Rip not up old sores

20] A good beginning is half the battle.

21] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

22] He is a fool who makes his physician his heir

23] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

24] Art improves Nature

25] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

26] First creep, then walk

27] Kind hearts are more than coronets

28] Experience is the best teacher

29] Every groom is a king at home

30] A little body often harbours a great soul

31] A bully is always a coward

32] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

33] The receiver is as bad as the thief

34] It is the first step that is troublesome

35] What is the mother of industry

36] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

37] As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamp

38] The more wicked, the more lucky

39] Mirth is the sugar of life

40] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

41] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

42] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

43] Six feet of earth make all men equal

44] Boys will be boys

45] Fair without, false within

46] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

47] We have all been once in our life

48] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

49] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

50] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

51] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

52] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

53] It’s a long lane that has no turning

54] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

55] An old man is a bed full of bones

56] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

57] First impressions are the most lasting

58] It is easy to be wise after the event

59] Better at home than a mile from it

60] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

61] When the cat is away, the mice will play

62] A good lawyer must be a great liar

63] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

64] Beauty draws more than oxen

65] Dead men don’t bite

66] A good beginning makes a good ending.

67] Sooner begun, sooner done

68] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

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

70] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

71] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

72] There are two sides to every question

73] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

74] He who leaps high must take a long run

75] He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse

76] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

77] Money makes the man

78] Haste makes waste

79] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

80] An old ox makes a straight furrow

81] He that can stay. Obtains

82] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

83] Life means strife

84] Nothing comes from nothing

85] Better the last smile than the first laugh

86] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

87] Nature hates all sudden changes

88] Dumb men get no lands

89] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

90] He who does no good, does evil enough

91] In wine there is truth

92] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

93] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

94] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

95] Love your friend with his fault

96] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

97] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

98] Laws were made to be broke

99] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

100] Dogs bark as they are bred.