Famous Proverbs

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

2] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

3] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

4] There is no rose without a thorn

5] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

6] Wash your dirty linen at home

7] Bear with evil and expect good

8] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

9] Through obedience learn to command.

10] No good building without a good foundation.

11] It will be the same a hundred years hence

12] There are more men threatened than stricken

13] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

14] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

15] Use makes mastery

16] Hope keeps man alive

17] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

18] There is no rose without a thorn

19] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

20] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

21] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

22] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

23] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

24] A bribe will enter without knocking

25] Beauty draws more than oxen

26] Ill luck is good for something

27] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

28] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

29] A good name is sooner lost than won

30] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

31] He knows the water best who has waded through it

32] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

33] Truth conquers all things

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

35] First thrive then wive

36] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

37] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

38] The resolved mind has no cares

39] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

40] Common fame is a liar

41] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

42] History repeats itself

43] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

44] Better beg than steal.

45] Many a little makes a mickle

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

47] No man is indispensable

48] A man with no hands is given a ring.

49] A man’s mother is his other God

50] Love is lawless.

51] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

52] The first step is the only difficulty

53] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

54] Better are small fish than an empty dish

55] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

56] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

57] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

58] He who last, laughs longest.

59] Respect is greater from a distance

60] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

61] He who wills the end, Wills the means

62] Every man must carry his own cross

63] Crime does not pay

64] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

65] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

66] The age of miracles is past

67] Poor men’s words have little weight

68] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

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

70] Eat to live and not live to eat.

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

72] There is a black sheep in every flock

73] He gives twice who gives quickly

74] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

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

76] Time and tide wait for no man

77] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

78] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

79] Every cloud has a silver lining

80] The best of friends must part

81] More have repented speech than silence

82] Where there is peace, God is

83] Men do more things through habit than reason

84] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

85] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

86] Fish and guests smell in three days

87] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

88] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

89] Little things are pretty

90] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

91] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

92] In fair weather prepare for foul

93] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

94] The absent party is always to blame.

95] Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter

96] All things that great men do are well done

97] He knows which side his bread is buttered

98] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

99] Wrong never comes right

100] No one betrays himself by silence