Famous Proverbs

1] Judge not of men and things at first sight

2] Little things please little minds

3] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

4] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

5] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

6] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

7] None can guess the jewel by the casket

8] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

9] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

10] Hunger is sharper than the sword

11] Debt is an evil conscience

12] Error cannot be defended but by error

13] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

14] All is vanity.

15] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

16] The dog is a lion in his own house

17] For a web begun, God sends the thread

18] The mean is the best

19] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

20] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

21] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

22] Love is without reason

23] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

24] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

25] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

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

27] He that has plenty of goods will have more

28] To err is human; to forgive, divine

29] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

30] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

31] Men do more things through habit than reason

32] Nature surpasses art

33] What is deferred is not abandoned

34] Half a loaf is better than do bread

35] Better be alone than in bad company

36] Men are known by the company they keep.

37] What is the mother of industry

38] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

39] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

40] Better belly burst than good meat lost

41] Self do, self have

42] Grasp all, lose all

43] He is lifeless that is faultless

44] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

45] Pat any man and dust will fly

46] He that eats least eats most

47] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

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

49] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

50] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

51] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

52] He knows most who speaks least

53] A man may learn wit every day.

54] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

55] Poverty is the mother of crime

56] You win some, you lose some

57] Wishes can never fill a sack

58] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

59] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

60] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

61] It is more blessed to give than to receive

62] Through obedience learn to command.

63] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

64] All things for not all persons

65] Covetousness brings nothing home

66] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

67] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

68] What is worth doing is worth doing well

69] The best fish swim near the bottom

70] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

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

72] Light grows the burden which is well borne

73] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

74] Nothing succeeds like success

75] One of these days is none of these days

76] Friendship is a plant which must be often watered

77] Love me, love my dog

78] Better beg than steal.

79] Experience is the mother of wisdom

80] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

81] Of two evils choose the lesser

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

83] A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse

84] No man is content with his lot

85] Don’t cry for the moon

86] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

87] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

88] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

89] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

90] Good clothes open all doors

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

92] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

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

94] Laws were made to be broke

95] Call no man happy till he is dead

96] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

97] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

98] Work won’t kill but worry will.

99] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

100] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting