Famous Proverbs

1] They also serve who only stand and wait

2] Good luck beats early rising

3] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

4] No man is a hero to his valet

5] A bribe will enter without knocking

6] Precept begins, examples accomplish

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

8] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

9] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

10] Once bitten, twice shy.

11] The absent saint gets no candle

12] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

13] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

14] Give yourself a pinch, and you will know how a pinch must hurt others

15] Better never begin than never make an end

16] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

17] Hasty work, double work,

18] We have all been once in our life

19] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

20] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

21] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

22] Where there’s muck, there’s money

23] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

24] What is word but wind?

25] Share and share alike

26] A black hen lays a white egg

27] Art improves Nature

28] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

29] There is no smoke without fire

30] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

31] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

32] Flesh is frail

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

34] Much meat, much malady

35] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

36] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

37] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

38] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

39] A light purse makes a heavy heart

40] Like master, like man

41] A healthy man is a successful man

42] The darkest place is under the candlestick

43] Never too late to late to repent

44] Nature will have her course

45] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

46] Be still and have thy will

47] Dead men tell no tales

48] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

49] Honesty is the best policy

50] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

51] No tie can oblige the perfidious

52] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

53] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

54] Well begun is half done.

55] Success has many friends

56] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

57] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

58] He that lives ill, fear follows him

59] Make the best of a bad job

60] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

61] Man cannot live by bread alone

62] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

63] Go while the going is good

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

65] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

66] Empty vessels make the most noise

67] It is the first step that is troublesome

68] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

69] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

70] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

71] The axe falls on a straight tree first

72] Every dog is a lion at home

73] The young will sow their wild oats

74] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

75] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

76] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

77] The highest branch is not the safest roost

78] Weak things united become strong

79] Do as I say, not as I do

80] All things are easy, that are done willingly

81] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

82] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

83] Hope often deludes the foolish man

84] A heavy purse makes a light heart

85] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

86] Busiest men find the most time

87] Lookers-on see more than players

88] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

89] It is never too late to mend

90] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

91] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

92] Common fame is seldom to blame

93] One must howl with the wolves

94] As you sow, so shall you reap

95] A good paymaster needs no surety

96] Every dog has his day

97] A good beginning makes a good ending.

98] He that cannot ask, cannot live

99] Little and often fills the purse

100] Faint heart never won fair lady