Famous Proverbs

1] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

2] He that ventures not fails not.

3] All things require skills but an appetite

4] He knows most who speaks least

5] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

6] Remember, you are but a man

7] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

8] Children and fools cannot lie.

9] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

10] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

11] Better an apple given than eaten

12] Bad news travels fast

13] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

14] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

15] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

16] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

17] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

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

19] Hard words break no bones

20] It is misery enough to have once been happy

21] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

22] Money is the only monarch

23] Better be alone than in bad company

24] Nature surpasses art

25] Never spur a willing horse

26] The Pen is mightier than the sword

27] All good things must come to an end

28] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

29] The bait hides the hook

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

31] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

32] Where there’s a will there’s a way

33] Care brings grey hair.

34] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

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

36] An empty sack cannot stand upright

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

38] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

39] An old man is a bed full of bones

40] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

41] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

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

43] Better eye sore than al blind

44] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

45] We live by laws, not by examples

46] Friends are thieves of time

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

48] Jack is as good as his master

49] Easier said than done

50] Know thyself

51] A stitch in time saves nine

52] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

53] Handsome is as handsome does

54] It is good fishing in troubled waters

55] Ambition loses many a man

56] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

57] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

58] Many a little makes a mickle

59] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

60] Without diligence, no prize

61] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

62] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

63] The best is often the enemy of the good

64] Long looked for, comes at last

65] The falling drops hollow the stone

66] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most

67] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

68] Success makes a fool seem wise.

69] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

70] All doors open to courtesy

71] Ill news comes often on the back of worse

72] He stands not surely that never slips

73] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

74] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

75] Wishes can never fill a sack

76] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

77] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

78] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

79] Cheap is dear in the long run.

80] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

81] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

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

83] Abundance, like want, ruins many

84] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

85] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.

86] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

87] A scalded cat fears hot water.

88] Black will take no other hue

89] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

90] Wrong never comes right

91] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

92] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

93] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

94] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

95] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

96] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

97] He that keeps not crust not crumb, shall ever want some

98] Never refuse a good offer

99] Love delights in praise

100] First impressions are half the battle