Famous Proverbs

1] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

2] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

3] Many a true word is spoken in jest

4] Misery loves company.

5] A jack of all traders is master of none

6] Better sit still than rise and fall

7] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

8] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

9] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

10] When luck comes, who doesn’t; when luck doesn’t come, who does?

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

12] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

13] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

14] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

15] Many eyes upon the king

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

17] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

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

19] Hard words break no bones

20] By his deeds we know a man

21] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

22] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

23] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

24] The garment worn determines how one is served

25] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

26] The eye is bigger than the belly

27] Kind hearts are more than coronets

28] Love is never without jealousy

29] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

30] Lend never that thing you needed most

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

32] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

33] He mediates revenge who least complains.

34] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

35] It costs more to do ill than to do well

36] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

37] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

38] A good lather is half the shave

39] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

40] Friendship should not be all on one side

41] Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it

42] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

43] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

44] There is honour among thieves

45] Judge not of men and things at first sight

46] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

47] Goods that are much on show lose their colour

48] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

49] Men make houses, women make homes

50] Great minds think alike

51] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

52] Dirty linen should be washed at home

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

54] A door must be either shut or open

55] A good conscience is a sure card

56] He who teaches learns

57] Give a loan and buy quarrel

58] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

59] Remember, you are but a man

60] Good luck beats early rising

61] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

62] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

63] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

64] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

65] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

66] He who demands does not command

67] The young will sow their wild oats

68] Every man has his faults

69] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

70] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

71] First think, and then speak

72] That which proves too much proves nothing

73] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

74] Waste not, want not

75] A scalded cat fears hot water.

76] Too much hope deceives

77] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

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

79] Extremes meet

80] A word spoken is past recalling

81] True gold is not transformed by fire

82] Bad excuses are worse than none.

83] From word to deed is a great space

84] A house divided against itself cannot stand

85] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

86] Wise men are caught in wiles

87] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

88] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

89] Delays are not denials

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

91] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

92] Wisdom is better than strength

93] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

94] Many words, many buffets

95] Patience surpasses learning

96] You never know what you can do till you try

97] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

98] Every dog is valiant at his won door

99] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

100] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere