Famous Proverbs

1] Necessity knows no law

2] He that eats well should do his duty well

3] One master in a house is enough

4] Words are but wind

5] Children should be seen and not heard

6] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

7] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

8] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

9] Nature surpasses art

10] Truth conquers all things

11] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

12] Old habits die hard

13] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

14] Never spur a willing horse

15] Laws were made to be broke

16] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

17] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool

18] A traveller may lie with authority

19] Where there is no might, right loses itself

20] Better unborn than untaught

21] Virtue carries a lean purse

22] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

23] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

24] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

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

26] What can’t be cured must be endured

27] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

28] He who teaches learns

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

30] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

31] The early bird catches the worm

32] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

33] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

34] Better be born lucky than wise.

35] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

36] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

37] A bad excuse is better than none at all

38] History repeats itself

39] Let sleeping dogs lie

40] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

41] Better the last smile than the first laugh

42] A wise man hears one word and understands two

43] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

44] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

45] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

46] The road to hell is paved with good action

47] God provides for him that trusts

48] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

49] Ambition makes people diligent

50] Precept begins, examples accomplish

51] Like will to like

52] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

53] Love will find a way

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

55] It is equally an error to trust all men or no man

56] All things are easy, that are done willingly

57] Don’t take your harp to the party

58] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

59] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

60] What cannot gold do?

61] He who serves is not free

62] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

63] Every man must carry his own cross

64] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

65] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

66] An ill tongue may do much

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

68] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

69] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

70] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

71] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

72] In peace, prepare for war

73] Do not triumph before the victory

74] Better be born lucky than wise.

75] Possibilities are infinite

76] The sun shines upon all alike.

77] An open door may tempt a saint

78] Blue are the far away hills

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

80] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

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

82] Time lost cannot be recalled

83] An old dog barks not in vain

84] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

85] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

86] Ambition loses many a man

87] No misfortune will go on forever

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

89] Speech is silver, silence is golden

90] If you play with fire you get burnt

91] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

92] The money you refuse will never do you good

93] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

94] He that burns most, shines most

95] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

96] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

97] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

98] Beware of a silent man and still water

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

100] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.