Famous Proverbs

1] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

2] We shall lie all alike in our graves

3] Train the child in the way he should go.

4] Well done is better than well said

5] In the end, things will mend

6] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

7] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

8] What has been, may be

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

10] Patience is the remedy of the world

11] Excessive happiness produces pain

12] When bees area old, they yield n honey

13] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

14] Content is better than riches

15] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

16] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

17] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

18] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

19] A true friend is forever a friend

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

21] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

22] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

23] Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter

24] Think of ease, but work on.

25] Accidents will happen

26] Choose thy company before thy drink

27] A door must be either shut or open

28] Wedlock is padlock

29] If you don’t have good weapons, it is better for you to submit

30] Live not to eat, but eat to live

31] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

32] Garbage in, garbage out

33] Fire is a good servant a bad master

34] Bear with evil and expect good

35] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

36] A rich man’s joke is always funny

37] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

38] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

39] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

40] He who teaches learns

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

42] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

43] All doors open to courtesy

44] Spend and be free, but make no waste

45] Give the devil his due

46] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

47] No man is content with his lot

48] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

49] He who last, laughs longest.

50] Homer sometimes nods

51] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

52] He knows the water best who has waded through it

53] What cannot gold do?

54] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

55] Big fish eat little fish

56] He who serves is not free

57] Learning is the eye of the mind

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

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

60] It takes all sorts to make a world

61] Health without money is half an ague

62] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

63] The end justifies the means

64] It is not every question that deserves an answer

65] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

66] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

67] He that pities another remembers himself

68] Better be born lucky than wise.

69] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

70] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

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

72] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

73] Truth has a good face but bad clothes

74] Law makers should not be law breakers

75] The good is often the enemy of the best

76] Every path has a puddle

77] Quietness is a great treasure

78] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

79] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

80] Soft fire makes sweet malt

81] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

82] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

83] Every shoe fits not every foot

84] Worse things happen at sea

85] Standing pools gather fifth

86] The world is full of fools

87] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

88] Exchange is no robbery

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

90] Coming events cast their shadows before

91] Appetite comes with eating

92] A crust is better than no bread.

93] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

94] Better an apple given than eaten

95] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

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

97] Silence and thinking can no man offend

98] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

99] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

100] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age