Famous Proverbs

1] Birds once snared fear all bushes

2] Tell a lie and stick to it.

3] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

4] The best things in life are free

5] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

6] No remedy but patience

7] The tailor makes the man

8] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

9] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

10] Make hay while the sun shines

11] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

12] The devil knows many things because he is old

13] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

14] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

15] A knave and a fool never take thought

16] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

17] Better to wear out than rust out

18] Dogs bark as they are bred.

19] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

20] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

21] Love conquers all

22] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

23] The more you get, the more you want

24] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

25] Nearest the heart comes out first

26] Abundance, like want, ruins many

27] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

28] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

29] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

30] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

31] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

32] Money refused loses its brightness

33] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

34] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

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

36] The world is full of fools

37] Much would have more

38] First thrive then wive

39] What can’t be cured must be endured

40] Good fences make good neighbours

41] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

42] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

43] The more laws, the more offenders

44] A soft answer turns away wrath

45] Mercy surpasses justice

46] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

47] Opportunity makes the thief

48] A good lawyer must be a great liar

49] One master in a house is enough

50] Take things as they come

51] Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter

52] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

53] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

54] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

55] Divine grace was never slow

56] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

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

58] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

59] The highest tree has the greatest fall

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

61] The eye is bigger than the belly

62] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

63] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

64] Who suffers much is silent

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

66] What’s done is done

67] Silence is also speech

68] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

69] He that has an ill name is half hanged

70] He that sows virtue reaps fame

71] Much law but little justice

72] Idle folks lack no excuses

73] Weapons breed peace

74] Every light has its shadow

75] Accidents will happen

76] Long absent, soon forgotten

77] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

78] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

79] Give yourself a pinch, and you will know how a pinch must hurt others

80] The best go first

81] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

82] No man is born wise or learned

83] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

84] Union (or Unity) is strength

85] Repentance comes too late

86] A fool and his money are soon parted

87] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

88] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

89] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went

90] Much meat, much malady

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

92] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

93] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

94] Crust is better than no bread

95] Still waters run deep

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

97] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

98] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

99] Love knows no limit

100] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether