Famous Proverbs

1] A woman’s work is never done

2] A good name is a rich heritage

3] One fool praises another

4] The biter is sometimes bit

5] An egg thief will become a camel thief

6] Good is good but better carries it

7] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

8] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

9] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

10] Cowards die many times before their deaths

11] Lookers-on see most of the game

12] Soon hot, soon cold

13] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

14] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

15] Good words are worth much and cost little

16] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

17] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

18] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

19] Great talkers are never great doers

20] Union is strength.

21] Harp not for ever on the same string

22] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

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

24] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

25] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

26] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

27] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

28] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

29] Manners make the man

30] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

31] Change of pasture makes fat calves

32] A good conscience is a soft pillow

33] True gold is not transformed by fire

34] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

35] There is nothing that costs less than civility

36] We shall lie all alike in our graves

37] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

38] Let us do evil that good may come

39] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

40] He who comes first, grinds first.

41] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

42] He who begins many things, finishes but few

43] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

44] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

45] What is worth doing is worth doing well

46] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

47] Slow and steady wins the race

48] Least said, soonest mended

49] Self do, self have

50] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

51] Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it

52] Enough is enough

53] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

54] An egg thief will become a camel thief

55] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

56] He that will thrive must rise at five

57] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

58] He that does most at once, does least

59] Love delights in praise

60] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

61] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

62] Where there is peace, there is blessing

63] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

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

65] Each day brings its own bread

66] Better bend than break

67] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

68] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

69] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

70] What is word but wind?

71] A crowd is not company

72] Better the last smile than the first laugh

73] You cannot have your cake and eat it

74] Silence is golden

75] The devil lurks behind the cross

76] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

77] Circumstances alter cases

78] Nothing comes from nothing

79] A living dog is better than a dead lion

80] He knows most who speaks least

81] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

82] First creep, then walk

83] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

84] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

85] The dog that fetches, will carry.

86] The race is got by running

87] It is more blessed to give than to receive

88] The poor suffer all the wrong

89] A good tongue is a good weapon

90] Little by little and bit by bit.

91] Give the devil his due

92] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

93] Children learn to creep ere they can go

94] Poverty is the mother of crime

95] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

96] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

97] Have two strings to your bow

98] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

99] The tongue stings

100] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided