Famous Proverbs

1] Do unto others as they should do unto you

2] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

3] He that speaks well, flights well

4] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

5] One barber shaves another gratis

6] Envy never enriched any man.

7] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

8] Silence and thinking can no man offend

9] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

10] Self do, self have

11] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

12] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

13] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

14] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

15] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

16] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

17] He who excuses himself accuses himself

18] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

19] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

20] Little pitchers have big ears.

21] The goat must browse where she is tied

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

23] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

24] The ant had wings to her hurt

25] Early sow, early mow

26] The receiver is as bad as the thief

27] Where there’s a will there’s a way

28] It is best to be on the safe side

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

30] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

31] The good intention excuses the bad action

32] Tigers and deer do not over.

33] Tell the truth and shame the devil

34] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

35] Better say noting than no to the purpose

36] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

37] Books and friends should be few but good

38] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

39] Hope often deludes the foolish man

40] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

41] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

42] In fair weather prepare for foul

43] A rich man’s joke is always funny

44] Woes unite foes

45] The wisest of the wise may err.

46] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

47] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

48] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

49] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

50] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

51] Her that is down need fear no fall

52] He is lifeless that is faultless

53] You may know by a handful the whole sack

54] The great fish eat up the small

55] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

56] Great hopes make great men

57] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

58] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

59] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

60] It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

61] None so blind as those who will not see

62] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

63] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

64] He who does no good, does evil enough

65] Sickness shows us what we are

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

67] An obedient wife commands her husband

68] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

69] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

70] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

71] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

72] When the word is out it belongs to another

73] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

74] Even water has its ebb and flow

75] History repeats itself

76] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

77] Flesh is frail

78] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

79] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

80] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

81] A little too late, is much too late

82] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

83] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

84] No man fears what he has seen grow

85] Beware of a silent man and still water

86] Years know more than books

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

88] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

89] Set a thief to catch a thief

90] Quietness is a great treasure

91] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

92] If today will not, tomorrow may

93] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

94] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

95] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

96] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

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

98] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

99] Big words seldom go with good deeds

100] It costs more to do ill than to do well