Famous Proverbs

1] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

2] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

3] At a good bargain thinks twice

4] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

5] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

6] Diamond cuts diamond

7] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

8] Even reckoning makes long friends

9] Necessity breaks iron

10] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

11] It is too late to call back yesterday

12] A jack of all traders is master of none

13] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

14] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

15] Do not limp before the lame

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

17] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

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

19] Fortune favours fools

20] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head

21] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

22] No remedy but patience

23] A good marksman may miss

24] A rich miser is poorer than a poor man

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

26] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

27] All that glitters is not gold

28] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

29] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

30] We shall lie all alike in our graves

31] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

32] What everybody says must be true

33] Health is not value till sickness comes

34] He freezes who does not burn

35] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

36] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

37] Early sow, early mow

38] There are more men threatened than stricken

39] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

40] A good paymaster needs no surety

41] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

42] Almost’ never killed a fly.

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

44] Many drops make a shower

45] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

46] A goose drinks as much as gander

47] A traveller may lie with authority

48] When wine sinks, words swim

49] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

50] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

51] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

52] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

53] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

54] The best is often the enemy of the good

55] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

56] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

57] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

58] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

59] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

60] Make the best of a bad job

61] There is nothing new under the sun

62] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

63] The unexpected always happens.

64] Fair without, false within

65] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

66] He who envies admits his inferiority

67] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

68] Words and feathers the wind carries away

69] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

70] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

71] Too much hope deceives

72] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

73] I may not have tasted their flesh but I’ve seen enough to know how pigs walk

74] Every shoe fits not every foot

75] Tell a lie and stick to it.

76] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

77] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

78] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

79] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

80] Better learn late than never

81] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

82] All’s well that ends well

83] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

84] We don’t get something for nothing

85] Live not to eat, but eat to live

86] The bait hides the hook

87] Lucky men need no counsel

88] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

89] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

90] A man’s mother is his other God

91] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

92] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

93] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

94] Garbage in, garbage out

95] One can’t help many, but many can help one

96] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

97] In fair weather prepare for foul

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

99] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

100] Would you know what money is, got borrow some