Famous Proverbs

1] When the word is out it belongs to another

2] He that obey cannot command

3] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

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

5] Even a worm will turn

6] If you have known one, you have known them all

7] Dead men tell no tales

8] Anything will fit a naked man.

9] In the land of hope there is never any winter

10] Muck and money go together

11] It is good to follow the old fox

12] He freezes who does not burn

13] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

14] Things are seldom what they seem.

15] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

16] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

17] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

18] Too much curiosity lost paradise

19] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

20] Everything comes to him who waits

21] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

22] Like question, like answer.

23] A good name is a rich heritage

24] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

25] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

26] Each day brings its own bread

27] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

28] The wish is father to the thought

29] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

30] Extremes meet

31] He gives twice who gives quickly

32] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

33] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

34] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

35] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

36] Best is cheapest

37] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

38] Custom reconciles us to everything

39] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

40] It is easier to pull down than to build

41] Time has wings

42] Nature is content with little.

43] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

44] God tempers that wind to the shorn lamb

45] Gossiping and lying go together

46] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

47] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

48] Too much cunning undoes

49] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

50] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

51] Good to begin well, better to end well.

52] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

53] The great fish eat up the small

54] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

55] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

56] Familiarity breeds contempt

57] Desperate diseases need (or must have) desperate cures

58] When angry, count a hundred

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

60] A good wife is a good prize

61] Too many cooks spoil the broth

62] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

63] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

64] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

65] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

66] Her that is down need fear no fall

67] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

68] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

69] He that does most at once, does least

70] Ignorance is the peace of life

71] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

72] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

73] Saying is one thing, and doing another

74] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

75] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

76] Every little helps

77] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

78] Needs must when the evil drives

79] Better an apple given than eaten

80] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

81] Jesters do oft prove prophets

82] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

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

84] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

85] There is a black sheep in every flock

86] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

87] Put out your tubs when it is raining

88] Love is sweet torment

89] He who sows, trusts in God

90] There is no blindness like ignorance

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

92] His own ingenuity pricks him.

93] Grin and bear it

94] First impressions are the most lasting

95] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

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

97] Dreams are lies

98] Let us do evil that good may come

99] Patience is the remedy of the world

100] Good fences make good neighbours