Famous Proverbs

1] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

2] Nature abhors a vacuum

3] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

4] Haste is of (or from) the devil

5] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

6] Homer sometimes nods

7] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

8] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

9] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

10] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

11] Judge not, that ye be not judged

12] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

13] Better late than never

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

15] Grief pent up will break the heart

16] True doctrines require no miracles

17] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

18] The bull must be taken by the horns

19] Long life has long misery

20] An open door may tempt a saint

21] Death does not recognize strength

22] History repeats itself

23] The last suitor wins the maid

24] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

25] Care is no cure

26] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

27] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

28] Many doctors, death accomplished

29] It takes all sorts to make a world

30] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

31] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

32] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

33] Old cattle breed not

34] Train the child in the way he should go.

35] Strike while the iron is hot

36] Do right and fear no man

37] God sends cold after Clothes

38] Appearances are deceptive

39] Necessity breaks iron

40] It is best to be on the safe side

41] In peace, prepare for war

42] The king can do no wrong

43] A good lawyer must be a great liar

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

45] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

46] Few words are best

47] He has not lost all who has one cast left

48] Where there is peace, there is blessing

49] Soon gotten, soon spent

50] Good clothes open all doors

51] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

52] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

53] Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage

54] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

55] One cannot love and be wise

56] He who begins many things, finishes but few

57] Almost’ never killed a fly.

58] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

59] Much law but little justice

60] Great minds think alike

61] From small beginnings come great things

62] Poverty does not hurt him who has not been rich before

63] Hungry bellies have no ears

64] No sweet without sweat

65] Life is short and time is swift

66] He that repairs not a part, builds all

67] Hunger is the best sauce

68] Full of courtesy, full of craft

69] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

70] Necessity knows no law

71] Saying is one thing, and doing another

72] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

73] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

74] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

75] Dogs bark as they are bred.

76] Liars should have good memories

77] You may have too much of a good thing

78] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

79] We are all Adam’s children

80] All for one, and one for all.

81] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

82] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

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

84] If you want peace, prepare for war

85] Stolen sweets are sweeter

86] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

87] Quickly come, quickly go

88] Blue are the far away hills

89] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

90] Many a true word is spoken in jest

91] Little things please little minds

92] An empty sack cannot stand upright

93] The beaten road is the safest

94] You cannot unscramble eggs

95] He that has no money needs no purse

96] Travel broadens the mind

97] Let bygones be bygones

98] A change is as good as rest

99] Men make houses, women make homes

100] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts