Famous Proverbs

1] Borrowed garments never fit well

2] The last drop makes the cup run over

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

4] Good clothes open all doors

5] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

6] All glory comes from daring to begin

7] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

8] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

9] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

10] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

11] The ant had wings to her hurt

12] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

13] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

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

15] A man’s wealth is his enemy

16] Fire is a good servant a bad master

17] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

18] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

19] He is a fool who makes his physician his heir

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

21] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

22] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

23] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

24] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

25] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

26] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

27] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

28] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

29] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

30] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

31] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

32] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

33] Better late than never

34] A hungry man is angry man

35] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

36] Money is power

37] Even water has its ebb and flow

38] An old ox makes a straight furrow

39] What is worse than ill luck?

40] Fish begins to stink at the head

41] Now is now, and then was then

42] Business is business

43] The darkest place is under the candlestick

44] Talk much end err much

45] The race is got by running

46] Evil to him who evil thinks.

47] It is a great victory that comes without blood

48] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

49] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

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

51] Manners make the man

52] He who comes first, grinds first.

53] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

54] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

55] Bind the sack before it be full

56] Light grows the burden which is well borne

57] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

58] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

59] Misery loves company.

60] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

61] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

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

63] Strike while the iron is hot

64] Go while the going is good

65] Fortune does not stand waiting at any man’s door

66] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

67] An empty sack cannot stand upright

68] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

69] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

70] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

71] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

72] Dirty linen should be washed at home

73] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

74] The falling drops hollow the stone

75] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

76] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

77] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

78] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

79] Virtue is the only true nobility

80] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

81] Delays are not denials

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

83] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

84] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

85] Liars should have good memories

86] The voice is the best music

87] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

88] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

89] A still tongue makes a wise head

90] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

91] Wake not a sleeping lion

92] All are not saints that go to church

93] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

94] Penny and penny laid up will be many

95] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

96] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

97] A fool believes everything

98] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

99] Safety lies in the middle course

100] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic