Famous Proverbs

1] Soft fire makes sweet malt

2] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

3] The game is not worth the candle

4] Common fame is a liar

5] Old habits die hard

6] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

7] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

8] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

9] You must grin and bear it

10] Take the tone of the company you are in

11] Patience surpasses learning

12] Nature is the true law

13] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

14] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

15] Divide and rule

16] Dogs bark as they are bred.

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

18] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

19] All lay loads on a willing horse

20] He knows most who speaks least

21] It is too late to look up after you have collided

22] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

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

24] Crust is better than no bread

25] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

26] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

27] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

28] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

29] Not even Hercules could contend against two

30] Hunger is the best sauce

31] Every law has a loophole

32] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

33] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

34] No choice amongst stinking fish

35] The thing which is rare is dear

36] What is word but wind?

37] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

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

39] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

40] What is new cannot be true

41] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

42] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

43] Possibilities are infinite

44] Wishes can never fill a sack

45] It’s dogged that does it

46] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

47] Without diligence, no prize

48] Bad news travels fast

49] First impressions are half the battle

50] Better to be safe than sorry.

51] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

52] Once a knave, always a knave

53] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

54] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

55] Tigers and deer do not over.

56] Save your breath to cool the porridge

57] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

58] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

59] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

60] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

61] Honour is the reward of virtue

62] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

63] The longest journey starts with a single step

64] All’s fish that comes to the net

65] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

66] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

67] A woman’s work is never done

68] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

69] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

70] A man’s studies pass in to his character

71] The more laws, the more offenders

72] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

73] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

74] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

75] The axe falls on a straight tree first

76] Take away fuel, take away flame

77] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

78] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

79] There’s always room at the top

80] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

81] Waste makes wants

82] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

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

84] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

85] Better are small fish than an empty dish

86] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

87] A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years

88] Don’t cry for the moon

89] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

90] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

91] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

92] As you bake, so shall you eat.

93] Well done is better than well said

94] Silence gives (or means) consent

95] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

96] Live not to eat, but eat to live

97] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

98] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

99] Fish begins to stink at the head

100] Rome was not built in a day