Famous Proverbs

1] Sooner begun, sooner done

2] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

3] Every man has his price

4] Honest is the best policy

5] Let us do evil that good may come

6] All must be as God will

7] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

8] Each day brings its own bread

9] Manners make the man

10] The early bird catches the worm

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

12] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

13] All’s well that ends well

14] Will is the cause of woe

15] An old horse knows the route

16] Take the tone of the company you are in

17] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

18] The hole calls the thief

19] One fool praises another

20] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

21] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

22] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

23] A man may learn wit every day.

24] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

25] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

26] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

27] What the king wills, that the law wills

28] Diamond cuts diamond

29] A good beginning makes a good ending.

30] No feast lasts forever.

31] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

32] Every why has a wherefore

33] God tempers that wind to the shorn lamb

34] Silence is golden

35] Actions speak louder than words

36] A bad excuse is better than none at all

37] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

38] A man may learn wit every day.

39] Where there’s muck, there’s money

40] A jack of all traders is master of none

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

42] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

43] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

44] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

45] God is a sure paymaster

46] Health is better than wealth

47] He that cannot ask, cannot live

48] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

49] The great would have none great, and the little all little

50] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

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

52] Learn not and know not

53] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

54] Rip not up old sores

55] It is the first step that is troublesome

56] There is a black sheep in every flock

57] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

58] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

59] Names and natures do often agree

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

61] Far from eye, far from heart

62] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

63] Like mother, like daughter

64] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

65] Honesty is ill to thrive by

66] First creep, then walk

67] What is worth doing is worth doing well

68] He who sows, trusts in God

69] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

70] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

71] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

72] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

73] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

74] It will be the same a hundred years hence

75] Coming events cast their shadows before

76] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

77] Live and Learn

78] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

79] Every little helps

80] There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it

81] In the land of hope there is never any winter

82] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

83] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

84] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

85] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

86] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

87] Love knows hidden paths

88] A good name is better than riches

89] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

90] You can’t clap with one hand

91] Hunger is sharper than the sword

92] No man limps because another is hurt

93] Slow help is no help

94] All heiresses are beautiful.

95] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

96] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

97] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

98] Silence is golden

99] The tailor makes the man

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