Famous Proverbs

1] There is a black sheep in every flock

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

3] Faint heart never won fair lady

4] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

5] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

6] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

7] Beauty fades like a flower.

8] Beauty draws more than oxen

9] Misery loves company.

10] Every man to his trade.

11] He who comes first, grinds first.

12] He that sows virtue reaps fame

13] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

14] Bad luck often brings good luck

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

16] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

17] One may change the place but not the mind.

18] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

19] Appearances are deceptive

20] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

21] Good luck beats early rising

22] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

23] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

24] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

25] He that pities another remembers himself

26] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

27] Tell the truth and shame the devil

28] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

29] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

30] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

31] All meat No dish pleases all palates alike pleases not all mouths

32] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

33] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

34] Cruelty is more cruel, if we defer the pain

35] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

36] Human blood is all of a colour

37] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

38] He is lifeless that is faultless

39] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

40] The dog is a lion in his own house

41] Easy come, easy go

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

43] The weeds overgrow the corn.

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

45] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

46] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

47] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

48] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

49] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

50] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

51] No man knows what good is than he who has endured evil

52] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

53] Give and spend, and God will send

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

55] He that cannot ask, cannot live

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

57] Don’t play with fire

58] Time and tide wait for no man

59] Bread is the staff of life.

60] Charity begins at home.

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

62] Wishes can never fill a sack

63] Better an open enemy than a false friend

64] Necessity is mother of invention

65] One kindness is the price of another

66] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

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

68] Beauty is only skin deep

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

70] Bare walls make giddy housewives

71] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

72] What is worse than ill luck?

73] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

74] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

75] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

76] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

77] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

78] The best things come in small packages

79] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

80] It is easier to pull down than to build

81] Experience must be bought

82] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

83] He travels the fastest who travels alone

84] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

85] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

86] Exchange is no robbery

87] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

88] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

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

90] No hair so small but has his shadow

91] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

92] Honesty is the best policy

93] He that will not be counseled, cannot be helped

94] A man’s wealth is his enemy

95] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

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

97] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

98] No man is wise at all times

99] An empty sack cannot stand upright

100] Love turns pimples