Famous Proverbs

1] Error cannot be defended but by error

2] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

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

4] Beggars must not be choosers

5] Far fowls have fair feather

6] He that gives his goods before he be dead, take up a mallet and knock him on the head

7] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

8] Who suffers much is silent

9] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

10] Men are known by the company they keep.

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

12] He has not lost all who has one cast left

13] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

14] Divine grace was never slow

15] Out of sight, out of mind

16] The hole calls the thief

17] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

18] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

19] Travel broadens the mind

20] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

21] Human blood is all of a colour

22] There are spots even in the sun

23] Save your breath to cool the porridge

24] Every groom is a king at home

25] Desire beautifies what is ugly

26] Keep some till further more come

27] A woman’s work is never done

28] Wedlock is padlock

29] Many eyes upon the king

30] Set a thief to catch a thief

31] Words cut more than swords

32] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

33] Clothes do not make the man

34] Far from eye, far from heart

35] Live and let live

36] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

37] One man’s means another man’s poison

38] A wicked man is his own hell

39] It’s dogged that does it

40] All’s well that ends well

41] None so busy as those who do nothing.

42] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

43] Cheap is dear in the long run.

44] Ill gotten, ill spent

45] No flying without wings.

46] Great hopes make great men

47] Haste makes waste

48] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

49] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

50] Better the last smile than the first laugh

51] He that will thrive must rise at five

52] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

53] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

54] III luck is good for something

55] Novelty always appears handsome

56] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

57] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

58] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

59] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

60] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

61] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

62] Better the last smile than the first laugh

63] Hope is the poor man’s bread

64] The longest day must have an end

65] A good heart cannot lie.

66] Every commodity has its discommodity

67] He that lends, gives

68] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

69] There is no fool like an old fool

70] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

71] Wiles help weak folk

72] Everyone to his taste

73] Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard

74] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

75] The pot calls the kettle black

76] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

77] Think of ease, but work on.

78] Company in misery makes it light

79] Business is business

80] Light burden I heavy if far borne

81] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

82] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

83] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

84] Money can influence even the spirits

85] Slow but sure wins the race

86] As you bake, so shall you eat.

87] The cobbler should stick to his last

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

89] Weapons breed peace

90] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

91] A good husband makes a good wife

92] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

93] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

94] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

95] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

96] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

97] A good lawyer must be a great liar

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

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

100] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike