Famous Proverbs

1] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

2] He that does most at once, does least

3] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

4] Never do things by halves

5] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

6] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

7] Truth is god’s daughter

8] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

9] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

10] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

11] Don’t kick against the pricks

12] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

13] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

14] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

15] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

16] He who never was sick dies the first fit

17] The mob tramples on the coward

18] Not even Hercules could contend against two

19] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

20] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

21] What has been, may be

22] Standing pools gather fifth

23] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

24] The result justifies the deed

25] The end crowns the work.

26] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

27] Like father, like son

28] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

29] East or west, home is best

30] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

31] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

32] No man fears what he has seen grow

33] Bear with evil and expect good

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

35] Union is strength.

36] Out of debt, out of danger

37] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

38] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

39] He that talks much, errs much

40] Judge not of men and things at first sight

41] The early bird catches the worm

42] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

43] The money you refuse will never do you good

44] One father is more than a hundred school masters

45] He that speaks well, flights well

46] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

47] Even Homer sometimes nods

48] Every dog is valiant at his won door

49] Do not triumph before the victory

50] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

51] Hungry bellies have no ears

52] It’s a long lane that has no turning

53] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

54] Fingers were made before forks

55] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

56] A cat may look at a king

57] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

58] Far fowls have fair feather

59] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

60] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

61] Easy come, easy go

62] All’s well that ends well

63] A healthy man is a successful man

64] Little things are great to little men

65] Nothing is so certain as death

66] The result justifies the deed

67] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

68] An angry man is not fit to pray

69] No one ought to judge in his own cause

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

71] The highest branch is not the safest roost

72] All is vanity.

73] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

74] Bad news travels fast

75] The end makes all equal

76] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

77] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

78] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

79] Love laughs at locksmiths

80] Homo is a common name to all men.

81] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

82] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

83] Tomorrow never comes

84] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

85] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

86] A good garden may have some ill weeds

87] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

88] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

89] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

90] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

91] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

92] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

93] The best wine comes from an old vessel

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

95] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

96] No news is good news

97] The envious man shall never want woe

98] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

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

100] Rain water leaks through the roof-top