Famous Proverbs

1] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

2] Think of ease, but work on.

3] Honesty is ill to thrive by

4] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

5] Better eye sore than al blind

6] He stands not surely that never slips

7] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

8] A good garden may have some ill weeds

9] Thrift is a great revenue

10] Necessity is the mother of invention

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

12] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

13] Better to wear out than rust out

14] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

15] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

16] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

17] The best things come in small packages

18] Health is not value till sickness comes

19] Abundance, like want, ruins many

20] Blue are the far away hills

21] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

22] Repentance is a bitter physic

23] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

24] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

25] None so busy as those who do nothing.

26] Every cloud has a silver lining

27] Many a little makes a mickle

28] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

29] The best of friends must part

30] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

31] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

32] Hasty work, double work,

33] A goose drinks as much as gander

34] Soft fire makes sweet malt

35] Every dog is valiant at his won door

36] Leave well alone

37] Hard words break no bones

38] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

39] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

40] One good deed makes up for a thousand bad ones.

41] There is a black sheep in every flock

42] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

43] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

44] Love conquers all

45] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

46] Dead men don’t bite

47] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

48] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

49] Example is the greatest of all seducers

50] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

51] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

52] The end makes all equal

53] Desire beautifies what is ugly

54] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

55] Love me, love the crows on my roof

56] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

57] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

58] Marriage is a lottery

59] Do as you would be done by

60] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

61] Nature surpasses art

62] Do not wear out your welcome

63] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

64] Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage

65] Silence is a woman’s best garment

66] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

67] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

68] Soon hot, soon cold

69] He who considers too much will perform little.

70] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

71] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

72] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

73] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

74] Crime does not pay

75] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

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

77] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

78] A man’s wealth is his enemy

79] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

80] It is too late to call back yesterday

81] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

82] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

83] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

84] Love is never without jealousy

85] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

86] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

87] Between two stools you fall to the ground

88] Great oaks from little acorns grow

89] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

90] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

91] When the melon is ripe, it will drop by itself

92] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

93] Spare the rod and spoil the child

94] Cheap is dear in the long run.

95] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

96] Success makes a fool seem wise.

97] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

98] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

99] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

100] Necessity turns a lion into a fox