Famous Proverbs

1] Revenge never repairs an injury

2] Of three main roads, take the middle one

3] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

4] He that promises too much means nothing

5] You are never too old to learn

6] A good marksman may miss

7] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

8] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

9] Things are seldom what they seem.

10] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

11] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

12] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

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

14] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

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

16] From small beginnings come great things

17] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

18] Opportunity makes the thief

19] No choice amongst stinking fish

20] Make hay while the sun shines

21] Never refuse a good offer

22] Only a fool will make the doctor his heir

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

24] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

25] God arms the harmless

26] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

27] Experience is the mother of wisdom

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

29] Accidents will happen

30] Better sit still than rise and fall

31] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

32] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

33] Who greases his way travels easily

34] Pleasant hours fly past

35] Good luck beats early rising

36] Let us do evil that good may come

37] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

38] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

39] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

40] Many dishes make many diseases

41] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

42] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

43] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

44] No man is content with his lot

45] The bull must be taken by the horns

46] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

47] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

48] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

49] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

50] Penny and penny laid up will be many

51] Clothes do not make the man

52] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

53] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

54] A man with no hands is given a ring.

55] In indecision itself, grief is present.

56] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

57] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

58] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

59] A gift much expected is paid, not given

60] Least said, soonest mended

61] Gold is tried in the fire

62] Step by step the ladder is ascended

63] The biter is sometimes bit

64] An open door may tempt a saint

65] An old man is a bed full of bones

66] Many drops make a shower

67] They brag most who can do least

68] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

69] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

70] Every medal has its reverse

71] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

72] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

73] Much science, much sorrow

74] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

75] One is never too old to learn

76] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

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

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

79] Don’t put the cart before the horse

80] Seek and you shall find

81] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

82] He who excuses himself accuses himself

83] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

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

85] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

86] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

87] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

88] Dogs bark as they are bred.

89] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

90] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

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

92] God is a sure paymaster

93] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

94] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

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

96] Of two evils choose the lesser

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

98] It is ill striving against the stream

99] A bad workman always blames his tools

100] Poverty is the mother of crime