Famous Proverbs

1] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

2] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

3] Even a worm will turn

4] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

5] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

6] Fortune is blind

7] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

8] For a web begun, God sends the thread

9] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

10] When bees area old, they yield n honey

11] Let like mate with like

12] Charity begins at home.

13] He that has plenty of goods will have more

14] Judge not the tree by its bark

15] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

16] He that burns most, shines most

17] Don’t play with edged tools

18] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

19] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

20] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

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

22] White there’s life there’s hope

23] The grace of God enough

24] There is no tree but bears some fruit

25] One foot is better than two crutches

26] Love is sweet torment

27] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

28] Time lost cannot be recalled

29] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

30] Good fences make good neighbours

31] Diamond cuts diamond

32] He who serves is not free

33] You can’t win them all

34] Good counsel never comes amiss

35] Help a lame dog over a stile

36] Young colts will canter.

37] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

38] The pot calls the kettle black

39] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

40] No man is indispensable

41] A word spoken is past recalling

42] Where there are reeds, there is water

43] Four eyes see better than two.

44] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

45] Ill luck is good for something

46] There’s no place like home

47] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

48] Open confession is good for the soul

49] Time flies

50] A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

51] Love cannot be compelled

52] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

53] Time flies

54] Spare the rod and spoil the child

55] All meat pleases not all mouths

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

57] They can do least two boast loudest

58] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

59] Where god will help, nothing does harm

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

61] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

62] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

63] Gold is tried in the fire

64] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

65] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

66] We don’t get something for nothing

67] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

68] Self-praise is no recommendation

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

70] Kind hearts are more than coronets

71] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

72] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

73] First try and then trust

74] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

75] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

76] One thief will not rob another

77] Great minds think alike

78] A bad excuse is better than none at all

79] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

80] All things are difficult before they are easy

81] He preaches well (or best) that lives well (or best).

82] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

83] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

84] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

85] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

86] The more laws, the more offenders

87] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

88] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

89] When the word is out it belongs to another

90] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

91] Dreams go by contraries

92] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

93] Let not the sun do down on your wrath

94] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

95] As you brew, so shall you drink.

96] Little things are great to little men

97] Patient waiters are no losers

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

99] Cleanliness is next to godliness

100] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher