Famous Proverbs

1] No man so good but another may be as good as he

2] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

3] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

4] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

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

6] Virtue has all things in itself

7] Many eyes upon the king

8] Necessity is a powerful weapon

9] Love me, love my dog

10] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

11] Every dog is a lion at home

12] Fine feathers make fine birds.

13] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

14] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

15] Needs must when the devil drives

16] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

17] Rich folk have many friends

18] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

19] Truth conquers all things

20] Even silence may be eloquent

21] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

22] Patient waiters are no losers

23] Quietness is a great treasure

24] Know thyself

25] Love conquers all

26] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

27] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

28] Do as I say, not as I do

29] Suffering does not manifest itself

30] Honour is the reward of virtue

31] Coming events cast their shadows before

32] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

33] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

34] Tigers and deer do not over.

35] Handsome is as handsome does

36] Corn him well and he will work better

37] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

38] How forceful are right words

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

40] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

41] Anything will fit a naked man.

42] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

43] Adam’s ale is the best brew

44] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

45] Better to be safe than sorry.

46] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

47] All must be as God will

48] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

49] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

50] A good conscience is a soft pillow

51] To err is human

52] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

53] Plain dealing is a jewel

54] The devil dances in an empty pocket

55] You can’t win them all

56] No man is infallible

57] Better do a kindness near home than go to a temple far away to burn incense.

58] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

59] Love your friend with his fault

60] One good turn deserves another

61] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

62] A knave and a fool never take thought

63] There is no time like the present

64] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

65] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

66] One reason is as good as fifty

67] Where there is no might, right loses itself

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

69] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

70] Take time by the forelock

71] Through hardship to the stars

72] Death does not recognize strength

73] Nature is conquered by obeying her

74] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

75] There is no blindness like ignorance

76] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

77] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

78] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

79] The devil knows many things because he is old

80] Fine feathers make fine birds.

81] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

82] Wink at small faults

83] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

84] Far fowls have fair feather

85] The longest day must have an end

86] Fair is not fair, but that which pleases.

87] None can guess the jewel by the casket

88] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

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

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

91] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

92] Bold resolution is the favourite of providence

93] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

94] Self-praise is no recommendation

95] Eat to live and not live to eat.

96] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

97] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

98] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

99] When wine sinks, words swim

100] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.