Famous Proverbs

1] In peace, prepare for war

2] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

3] Work expands so as to fill the time available

4] A man may bear till his back breaks

5] The more you get, the more you want

6] He that knows little often repeats it

7] See how the wind blows

8] Too much hope deceives

9] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

10] Trust is the mother of deceit

11] A jack of all traders is master of none

12] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

13] He that wants health wants all

14] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

15] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

16] An old ox makes a straight furrow

17] Without luck, it is better not to be born

18] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

19] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

20] He that seeks trouble never misses

21] If you want peace, prepare for war

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

23] The good intention excuses the bad action

24] Might overcome right.

25] Success makes a fool seem wise.

26] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

27] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

28] Love will go through stone walls

29] A word to the wise is enough

30] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

31] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

32] Keep some till further more come

33] A good heart cannot lie.

34] You may know by a handful the whole sack

35] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

36] It is useless to flog a dead horse

37] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

38] Mirth is the sugar of life

39] Much learning makes men mad

40] A man’s wealth is his enemy

41] That which is easily done is soon believed

42] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

43] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

44] Better an open enemy than a false friend

45] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

46] A gift much expected is paid, not given

47] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

48] Good clothes open all doors

49] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

50] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

51] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

52] The best fish swim near the bottom

53] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

54] One fool praises another

55] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

56] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

57] The more wicked, the more lucky

58] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

59] He is an ill husband who is not missed

60] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

61] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

62] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

63] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

64] Every advantage has its disadvantage

65] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

66] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

67] Do as I say, not as I do

68] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

69] None but the brave deserves the fair

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

71] The biter is sometimes bit

72] A crust is better than no bread.

73] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

74] Life means strife

75] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

76] A prophet is without honour in his own country

77] Content is better than riches

78] Change brings life

79] No garden without its weeds.

80] Time has wings

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

82] Success has many friends

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

84] Crime does not pay

85] Charity begins at home.

86] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

87] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

88] Better children weep than old men

89] Silence is a woman’s best garment

90] You cannot have your cake and eat it

91] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

92] A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse boiled

93] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

94] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

95] Through hardship to the stars

96] Gold is tried in the fire

97] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

98] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

99] God is always on the side of the big battalions

100] Nothing is given so freely as advice