Famous Proverbs

1] Desire beautifies what is ugly

2] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

3] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

4] There is no smoke without fire

5] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

6] A true friend is forever a friend

7] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

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

9] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

10] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

11] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

12] What’s in a name?

13] Don’t cry stinking fish

14] Give and take is fair play

15] What is new cannot be true

16] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

17] In wine there is truth

18] To err is human; to forgive, divine

19] Fine words dress ill deeds

20] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

21] There is nothing like being on the safe side

22] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

23] A rich man can do nothing wrong

24] Friends agree best at a distance

25] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

26] There is no royal road to learning

27] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

28] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

29] No pains, no gains

30] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

31] An ill tongue may do much

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

33] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

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

35] First impressions are the most lasting

36] None can guess the jewel by the casket

37] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

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

39] A bad workman always blames his tools

40] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

41] It is easier to pull down than to build

42] Give the devil his due

43] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

44] There is death in the pot.

45] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

46] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

47] Nature is conquered by obeying her

48] Marriage makes or mars a man

49] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

50] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

51] It is misery enough to have once been happy

52] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

53] There is no rose without a thorn

54] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

55] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

56] One sheep follows another

57] Liars should have good memories

58] Never say die

59] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

60] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

61] Tomorrow never comes

62] You must grin and bear it

63] All doors open to courtesy

64] The hand that gives, gathers

65] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

66] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

67] Bear and forbear

68] New meat begets a new appetite

69] Silence is golden

70] A little body often harbours a great soul

71] Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

72] Live and Learn

73] One man sows and another reaps

74] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

75] Borrowed garments never fit well

76] Better unborn than untaught

77] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

78] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

79] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

80] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

81] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

82] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

83] III luck is good for something

84] Suffering does not manifest itself

85] The grace of God enough

86] Bear with evil and expect good

87] The love of money is the root of all evil

88] The young will sow their wild oats

89] All truths are not to be told

90] Give a loan and buy quarrel

91] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

92] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

93] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

94] As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamp

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

96] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

97] Patience is a virtue

98] Everything in moderation.

99] A little learning is dangerous thing

100] A door must be either shut or open