Famous Proverbs

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

2] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

3] No one ought to judge in his own cause

4] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

5] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

6] It is a shame to be shameless

7] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

8] Better beg than steal.

9] No sweet without sweat

10] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

11] Judge not the tree by its bark

12] Children and chickens must be always picking

13] Delays are not denials

14] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.

15] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

16] Put out your tubs when it is raining

17] Open a book and you profit by what you read

18] Hunger is the best sauce

19] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

20] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

21] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

22] The last drop makes the cup run over

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

24] When meat is in anger is out

25] There is no smoke without fire

26] Much babbling is not without offence

27] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

28] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

29] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

30] A man’s wealth is his enemy

31] Go while the going is good

32] Good counsel never comes amiss

33] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

34] The borrower is servant to the lender

35] The great fish eat up the small

36] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

37] He that sows virtue reaps fame

38] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

39] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

40] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

41] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

42] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

43] He that wants health wants all

44] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

45] Men are not angles

46] Fair play’s a jewel

47] Cowards die many times before their deaths

48] Good wine needs no bush

49] Better be alone than in bad company

50] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

51] Fools live poor to die rich

52] Adversity makes strange bedfellows

53] What is money to a cat?

54] Think of ease, but work on.

55] When bees area old, they yield n honey

56] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

57] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

58] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

59] Love your friend with his fault

60] First catch your hare

61] Numbers overcome the brave

62] He who serves is not free

63] Intimacy lessens fame

64] Where there is peace, God is

65] The best of men are but men at best.

66] One man sows and another reaps

67] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

68] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

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

70] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

71] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

72] Friendship should not be all on one

73] You win some, you lose some

74] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

75] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

76] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

77] He that has an ill name is half hanged

78] There is a black sheep in every flock

79] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

80] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

81] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

82] Better an apple given than eaten

83] Every shoe fits not every foot

84] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

85] He that travels far knows much

86] Travel broadens the mind

87] One cannot put back the clock

88] Man proposes, God disposes

89] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

90] An empty sack cannot stand upright

91] So many men, so many opinions

92] Better the last smile than the first laugh

93] Life is short and time is swift

94] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

95] Money is the root of all evil

96] You can’t win them all

97] Great talkers are never great doers

98] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

99] Dumb dogs are dangerous

100] Things are only worth one makes them worth