Famous Proverbs

1] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

2] A good friend is my nearest relation

3] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

4] Little things please little minds

5] Busiest men find the most time

6] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

7] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

8] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

9] Better bend than break

10] Words bind men

11] Good hand, good hire

12] A change is as good as rest

13] There are more men threatened than stricken

14] Think on the end before you begin

15] A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years

16] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

17] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

18] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

19] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

20] We soon believe what we desire

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

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

23] Self-praise is no recommendation

24] Tell a lie and stick to it.

25] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

26] Cut your coat according to your cloth

27] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

28] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

29] Health is great riches

30] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

31] He that has no shame has no conscience

32] Diamond cuts diamond

33] Praises fill not the belly

34] A still tongue makes a wise head

35] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

36] Health without money is half an ague

37] Sooner begun, sooner done

38] If anything can go wrong, it will

39] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

40] No good building without a good foundation.

41] The money you refuse will never do you good

42] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

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

44] Make hay while the sun shines

45] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

46] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

47] A short cut is often a wrong cut

48] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

49] No choice amongst stinking fish

50] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

51] Will is no skill

52] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

53] Fortune is blind

54] A good friend is my nearest relation

55] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

56] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

57] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

58] Might knows no right

59] There is no blindness like ignorance

60] The falling drops hollow the stone

61] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

62] He has not lost all who has one cast left

63] Dead men tell no tales

64] Master easy, servant slack

65] The sign brings customers

66] Who greases his way travels easily

67] Nothing seek, nothing find

68] Good ware makes quick market

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

70] Wink at small faults

71] Dumb dogs are dangerous

72] A straight stick is crooked in water

73] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

74] Every dog has his day

75] Actions speak louder than words

76] Not good is it to harp on the frayed string

77] The best is often the enemy of the good

78] Flesh is frail

79] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

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

81] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

82] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

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

84] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

85] Self do, self have

86] Fair exchange is no robbery

87] A good heart conquers ill fortune

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

89] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

90] All roads lead to Rome

91] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

92] Crust is better than no bread

93] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

94] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

95] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

96] In doing we learn.

97] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

98] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

99] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

100] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.