Famous Proverbs

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

2] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

3] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

4] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

5] Don’t kick against the pricks

6] It is not work that kills but worry

7] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

8] It takes a wise man to be a fool

9] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

10] Sickness shows us what we are

11] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

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

13] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

14] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

15] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

16] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

17] Discontent is the first step in progress

18] The word is far him who has patience

19] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

20] Our own opinion is never wrong

21] Man punishes the action but God the intention

22] Creditors have better memories than debtors

23] One may change the place but not the mind.

24] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

25] It is easier to pull down than to build

26] Wine unveils the words of the heart

27] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

28] A traveller may lie with authority

29] Make hay while the sun shines

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

31] He who comes late must eat what is left

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

33] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

34] Friends are thieves of time

35] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

36] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

37] Man does what he can, and God what he will

38] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

39] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

40] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

41] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

42] The ass that brays most eats

43] Lend your money and lose a friend

44] Between two stools you fall to the ground

45] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

46] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

47] It’s dogged that does it

48] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

49] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

50] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

51] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

52] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

53] It is all in the day’s work

54] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

55] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

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

57] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

58] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

59] Of a new prince, new bondage

60] Blood is thicker than water

61] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

62] Misfortune makes foes of friends

63] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

64] Men are not angles

65] It is good fishing in troubled waters

66] Sickness soaks the purse

67] Little wealth, little care

68] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

69] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

70] Be careful to whom you give

71] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

72] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

73] No man so good but another may be as good as he

74] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

75] Every oak has been an acorn

76] Manners make the man

77] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

78] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

79] What is the mother of industry

80] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

81] The devil is not as black as he is painted

82] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

83] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

84] No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect

85] He stands not surely that never slips

86] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

87] Make haste slowly

88] Virtue is its own reward

89] Never grieve for what you cannot help

90] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

91] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

92] Keep something for a rainy day

93] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

94] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

95] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

96] Wise men propose, and fools determine

97] No playing with a straw before an old cat.

98] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

99] The longest day must have an end

100] If today will not, tomorrow may