Famous Proverbs

1] Every may be has a may not be

2] By his deeds we know a man

3] Corn him well and he will work better

4] It chances in an hour, that appears not in seven years

5] He that speaks not, God hears not

6] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

7] Thrift is a great revenue

8] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

9] Cheap is dear in the long run.

10] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

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

12] What costs little is little esteemed

13] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

14] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

15] Advice when most needed is least heeded

16] Money isn’t everything

17] A jack of all traders is master of none

18] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

19] God arms the harmless

20] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

21] Every dog has his day

22] Company in misery makes it light

23] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

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

25] He who serves is not free

26] Saying is one thing, and doing another

27] An evil life is a kind of death.

28] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

29] Moderation in all things

30] A constant guest is never welcome

31] A scalded cat fears hot water.

32] Blood is thicker than water

33] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

34] The early man ever borrows from the late man

35] A bully is always a coward

36] He that can stay. Obtains

37] He that lives ill, fear follows him

38] It is no use crying over spilt milk

39] All cats are grey in the dark

40] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

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

42] Curiosity killed the cat.

43] Better to wear out than rust out

44] Barking dogs seldom bite

45] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

46] There is truth in wine

47] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

48] Sooner begun, sooner done

49] A parrot will only say what it is taught

50] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

51] One barber shaves another gratis

52] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

53] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

54] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

55] Heaven helps those who help themselves

56] Haste makes waste

57] There is no accounting for tastes

58] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

59] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

60] Tell a lie and stick to it.

61] Pleasant hours fly past

62] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

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

64] Pursuits become habits

65] Debt is an evil conscience

66] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

67] Truth is god’s daughter

68] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

69] It is easier to pull down than to build

70] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

71] Of a new prince, new bondage

72] No news is good news

73] Good clothes open all doors

74] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

75] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

76] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

77] Great minds think alike

78] A true man and a thief think not the same

79] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

80] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

81] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

82] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

83] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

84] Garbage in, garbage out

85] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

86] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

87] Wife and Children are bills of charges

88] Time has wings

89] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

90] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

91] Old habits die hard

92] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

93] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

94] A good tongue is a good weapon

95] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

96] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

97] The fairest silk is soonest stained

98] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

99] Better the foot slip than the tongue

100] A fool may give a wise man counsel