Famous Proverbs

1] Death alone can kill hope

2] Ill news comes often on the back of worse

3] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

4] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

5] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

6] Give and spend, and God will send

7] A fool always rushes to the fore.

8] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

9] Love your friend with his fault

10] Enough is enough

11] What has been, may be

12] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

13] III luck is good for something

14] Ale will make a cat speak

15] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

16] God is a sure paymaster

17] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

18] You never know what you can do till you try

19] Better be alone than in bad company

20] Beauty is only skin deep

21] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

22] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

23] A good lawyer must be a great liar

24] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

25] The devil looks after his own

26] Needs must when the devil drives

27] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

28] A good husband makes a good wife

29] Haste makes waste

30] Good words are worth much and cost little

31] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

32] Much science, much sorrow

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

34] Hunger is sharper than the sword

35] Pinch the right thigh and the left will feel the pain too.

36] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

37] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

38] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

39] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

40] Valour delights in the test

41] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

42] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

43] None so busy as those who do nothing.

44] Too much cunning undoes

45] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

46] He that lends, gives

47] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

48] As you sow, so shall you reap

49] There is safety in numbers

50] Light burden I heavy if far borne

51] Look on the bright side

52] Bear with evil and expect good

53] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

54] No choice amongst stinking fish

55] Once a knave, always a knave

56] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

57] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

58] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

59] None so busy as those who do nothing.

60] The devil is not as black as he is painted

61] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

62] Many words, many buffets

63] The pen is the tongue of the hand

64] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

65] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

66] Faint heart never won fair lady

67] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

68] There are more men threatened than stricken

69] Every flow must have its ebb

70] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

71] Our own opinion is never wrong

72] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

73] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

74] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

75] Curiosity killed the cat.

76] Be still and have thy will

77] Poor folk fare the best

78] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

79] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

80] Everything must have a beginning

81] Common fame is a liar

82] The unexpected always happens.

83] History repeats itself

84] Words are but wind

85] A black hen lays a white egg

86] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

87] Like master, like man

88] Fish and guests smell in three days

89] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

90] It is misery enough to have once been happy

91] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

92] The fairest flowers soonest fade

93] Big words seldom go with good deeds

94] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

95] Many drops make a shower

96] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

97] Go while the going is good

98] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

99] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

100] There are spots even in the sun