Famous Proverbs

1] A man without a wife is but half a man

2] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

3] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

4] It is never too late to mend

5] One fool praises another

6] The resolved mind has no cares

7] Spread the table, and contention will cease

8] Never too late to repent

9] As is the mould, so will the cake be.

10] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

11] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

12] He that blows best, bears away the horn

13] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

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

15] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

16] Life means strife

17] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

18] Work expands so as to fill the time available

19] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

20] The beaten road is the safest

21] Take things as you find them

22] Pitchers have ears

23] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

24] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

25] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

26] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

27] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

28] When bees area old, they yield n honey

29] A willful man will have his way

30] They that dance must pay the fiddler

31] Manners make the man

32] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

33] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

34] Live not to eat, but eat to live

35] Plain dealing is a jewel

36] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

37] The last drop makes the cup run over

38] Early sow, early mow

39] He that has good money, gives few alms

40] It is good fishing in troubled waters

41] First think, and then speak

42] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

43] Brevity is the soul of wit

44] Pursuits become habits

45] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

46] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

47] All truths are not to be told

48] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

49] A good name is sooner lost than won

50] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

51] There is nothing lost by civility

52] A light purse makes a heavy heart

53] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

54] The devil lurks behind the cross

55] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

56] He that talks much, errs much

57] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

58] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

59] He who serves is not free

60] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

61] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

62] It is equally an error to trust all men or no man

63] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

64] He who pays the piper calls the tune

65] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

66] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

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

68] Morning dreams come true

69] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

70] First impressions are half the battle

71] Forecast is better than work-hard

72] Hope often deludes the foolish man

73] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

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

75] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

76] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

77] The best fish swim near the bottom

78] Prevention is better than cure

79] Example is better than precept

80] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

81] Love cannot be compelled

82] Sickness shows us what we are

83] Habit is second nature

84] Master easy, servant slack

85] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

86] Advise none to marry or to go to war

87] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

88] No hair so small but has his shadow

89] Live and Learn

90] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

91] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

92] Speech is silver, silence is golden

93] Give credit where credit is due

94] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

95] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

96] Everything in moderation.

97] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

98] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

99] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

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