Famous Proverbs

1] He who comes first, grinds first.

2] A good drink makes the old young

3] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

4] Nature does nothing in vain

5] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

6] The good die young.

7] Busiest men find the most time

8] Comparisons are odious

9] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

10] None so busy as those who do nothing.

11] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

12] Do right and fear no man

13] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

14] It is misery enough to have once been happy

15] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

16] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

17] Never refuse a good offer

18] A rich man can do nothing wrong

19] For a web begun, God sends the thread

20] There are more ways to the wood than one.

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

22] Laughter makes good blood

23] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

24] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

25] Fish and guests smell in three days

26] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

27] Children should be seen and not heard

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

29] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

30] Custom makes all things easy

31] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

32] There are two sides to every question

33] Penny wise, pound foolish

34] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

35] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

36] Pitchers have ears

37] A crust is better than no bread.

38] Not even Hercules could contend against two

39] We soon believe what we desire

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

41] No feast lasts forever.

42] A mouse may help a lion

43] A man with no hands is given a ring.

44] Better eye sore than al blind

45] Haste is of (or from) the devil

46] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

47] Bad luck often brings good luck

48] Cowards die many times before their deaths

49] Findings are keepings

50] Needs must when the evil drives

51] A woman’s work is never done

52] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

53] Love turns pimples

54] Open a book and you profit by what you read

55] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

56] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

57] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

58] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

59] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

60] The more laws, the more offenders

61] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

62] The receiver is as bad as the thief

63] How forceful are right words

64] Truth is god’s daughter

65] He who hesitates is lost

66] Intimacy lessens fame

67] Money is the sinew of affairs

68] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

69] He that has a wife, has strife

70] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

71] Home is home though it be never so homely

72] A good word stills great anger

73] As you plant wild grass, you won’t get a crop of rice.

74] Nothing is given so freely as advice

75] It is misery enough to have once been happy

76] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

77] Manners and money make a gentleman

78] Heaven helps those who help themselves

79] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

80] Make the best of a bad bargain

81] Never hit a man when he’s down

82] Often and little eating makes a man fat

83] Gold is tried in the fire

84] The good intention excuses the bad action

85] Ambition loses many a man

86] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

87] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

88] Great trees keep down the little ones

89] A good name is sooner lost than won

90] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

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

92] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

93] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

94] Nothing seek, nothing find

95] What may be done at any time is done at no time

96] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

97] Master easy, servant slack

98] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

99] Money refused loses its brightness

100] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth