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Famous Proverbs

1] Truth may walk through the world unarmed
2] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.
3] A small pepper is hotter than a large one
4] Enough is enough
5] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved
6] Every groom is a king at home
7] Better to wear out than rust out
8] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.
9] There is safety in numbers
10] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all
11] Old age doesn’t protect from folly
12] A little too late, is much too late
13] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?
14] Findings are keepings
15] To forget a wrong is the best revenge
16] Children and fools cannot lie.
17] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
18] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount
19] Like master, like man
20] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean
21] Where god will help, nothing does harm
22] Beggars must not be choosers
23] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death
24] A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse boiled
25] He who envies admits his inferiority
26] The weeds overgrow the corn.
27] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us
28] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.
29] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned
30] He laughs best who laughs last
31] Boys will be boys
32] So many men, so many opinions
33] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny
34] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
35] You can’t clap with one hand
36] Give a loan and buy quarrel
37] A fool at forty is a fool indeed
38] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.
39] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike
40] Fools rejoice at promises
41] Not even Hercules could contend against two
42] Give and spend, and God will send
43] The grace of God enough
44] Better belly burst than good meat lost
45] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness
46] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles
47] Thrift is a great revenue
48] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares
49] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)
50] A stitch in time saves nine
51] He knows on which side his bread is buttered
52] Crime does not pay
53] Out of debt, out of danger
54] The devil lurks behind the cross
55] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.
56] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it
57] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living
58] Do as I say, not as I do
59] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity
60] Christmas comes but once a year
61] You may have too much of a good thing
62] Call no man happy till he is dead
63] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.
64] An oak is not felled at one stroke
65] He that is born a fool is never cured
66] Divide and rule
67] He that seeks trouble never misses
68] Death keeps no calendar
69] He that cannot ask, cannot live
70] Kill two birds with one stone
71] Parents are patterns
72] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones
73] Dead dogs bark not
74] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white
75] Thrift is a great revenue
76] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck
77] Advise none to marry or to go to war
78] A golden key opens every door
79] A jest breaks no bones
80] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.
81] Handsome is as handsome does
82] All’s grist that comes to the mill.
83] Love sees no fault
84] When the word is out it belongs to another
85] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband
86] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
87] Names and natures do often agree
88] A good friend is my nearest relation
89] Train the child in the way he should go.
90] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.
91] Better a lean peace than a fat victory
92] Let not the sun do down on your wrath
93] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair
94] Covetousness is the root of all evil
95] Art improves Nature
96] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse
97] A scalded cat fears hot water.
98] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand
99] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?
100] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.



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