Famous Proverbs

1] Judge not of men and things at first sight

2] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda

3] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

4] First impressions are the most lasting

5] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

6] Six feet of earth make all men equal

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

8] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

9] Make the best of a bad job

10] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

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

12] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

13] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

14] Love sees no fault

15] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

16] A fool and his money are soon parted

17] All doors open to courtesy

18] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

19] Dreams are lies

20] You know what you can do till you try.

21] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

22] The first step is the hardest

23] He who wills the end, Wills the means

24] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

25] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

26] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

27] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

28] Well done is better than well said

29] Open confession is good for the soul

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

31] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

32] Vice makes virtue shine

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

34] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

35] He gives twice who gives quickly

36] Familiarity breeds contempt

37] Death is the grand leveler

38] Patient waiters are no losers

39] We have all been once in our life

40] One kindness is the price of another

41] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

42] Faint heart never won fair lady

43] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

44] Words fly, writings remain

45] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

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

47] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

48] Words are but wind

49] Better to be safe than sorry.

50] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

51] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

52] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

53] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

54] Money is the only monarch

55] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

56] Great minds think alike

57] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

58] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

59] The bait hides the hook

60] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

61] Knowledge is power

62] The tongue talks at the heads cost

63] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

64] Many doctors, death accomplished

65] Nature is the true law

66] Set a thief to catch a thief

67] Much would have more

68] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

69] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

70] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

71] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

72] Idle folks have the least leisure

73] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

74] Moderation in all things

75] All lay loads on a willing horse

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

77] Health and wealth create beauty

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

79] A man’s mother is his other God

80] It is too late to look up after you have collided

81] See which way the cat jumps

82] Loyalty is worth more than money

83] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

84] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

85] Covetousness breaks the sack

86] Look at the bright side

87] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

88] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

89] The absent party is always to blame.

90] Small is the seed of every greatness

91] Bad luck often brings good luck

92] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

93] Better to ask the way than go astray.

94] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

95] You never know your luck

96] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

97] He that has no money needs no purse

98] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

99] Home is home though it be never so homely

100] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs