Famous Proverbs

1] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

2] It is more blessed to give than to receive

3] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

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

5] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

6] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

7] A change is as good as rest

8] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

9] Put not the bucket too often in the well

10] Fair face, foul heart

11] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

12] Some are wise and some are otherwise

13] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

14] Go not to hell for company

15] No man knows what good is than he who has endured evil

16] There is no accounting for tastes

17] Affection blinds reason

18] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

19] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

20] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

21] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares

22] Set a thief to catch a thief

23] Lose a leg rather than a life

24] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

25] The ant had wings to her hurt

26] There is no redemption from hell

27] Great barkers are no biters

28] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

29] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

30] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

31] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

32] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

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

34] There is no redemption from hell

35] That which is easily done is soon believed

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

37] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

38] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

39] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

40] Poor folk fare the best

41] The greatest talkers are the least doers

42] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

43] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

44] Everything new is fine

45] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

46] Nature will have her course

47] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

48] First impressions are most lasting

49] The game is not worth the candle

50] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

51] Cleanliness is next to godliness

52] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

53] The hand that gives, gathers

54] Poverty is the mother of crime

55] No playing with a straw before an old cat.

56] Nature abhors a vacuum

57] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

58] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

59] A man can do no more than he can

60] All roads lead to Rome

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

62] First creep, then walk

63] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

64] The pot calls the kettle black

65] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

66] Failure teaches success

67] Let like mate with like

68] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

69] First try and then trust

70] Dirty water does not wash clean.

71] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

72] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

73] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

74] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

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

76] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

77] Ill news comes unsent for.

78] The cowl does not make the monk.

79] Actions speak louder than words

80] Stolen sweets are sweeter

81] Idle folks have the least leisure

82] No choice amongst stinking fish

83] Talk much end err much

84] Better be a fool than a knave

85] Trust is the mother of deceit

86] Things are only worth one makes them worth

87] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

88] Ready money is a ready remedy

89] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

90] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

91] The last suitor wins the maid

92] Fair exchange is no robbery

93] Do as say, not as I do

94] No man fears what he has seen grow

95] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

96] He may find fault that cannot mend

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

98] The beaten road is the safest

99] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

100] The squeaking wheel gets the grease