Famous Proverbs

1] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

2] The owl thinks her own young fairest

3] Corn him well and he will work better

4] Nothing so bad in which there is not something of good

5] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

6] The best things come in small packages

7] He that promises too much means nothing

8] One swallow does not make a summer

9] Bad luck often brings good luck

10] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

11] No garden without its weeds.

12] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

13] He that pities another remembers himself

14] Pat any man and dust will fly

15] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

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

17] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

18] Great minds think alike

19] The more laws, the more offenders

20] Do as you would be done by

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

22] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

23] A mouse may help a lion

24] We don’t get something for nothing

25] He who excuses himself accuses himself

26] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

27] He stands not surely that never slips

28] Go while the going is good

29] To err is human; to forgive, divine

30] Plain dealing is best

31] A drowning man will clutch at a straw

32] Lucky men need no counsel

33] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

34] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

35] Things are seldom what they seem.

36] The fox may grow grey, but never good

37] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

38] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

39] In peace, prepare for war

40] Pride goes before a fall

41] The darkest place is under the candlestick

42] Give the devil his due

43] He who pays the piper calls the tune

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

45] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

46] A fool may give a wise man counsel

47] A watched pot never boils

48] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

49] Precepts may lead but examples draw

50] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

51] Cowards die many times before their deaths

52] Care is no cure

53] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

54] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

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

56] No road is long with good company

57] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

58] No answer is also an answer

59] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

60] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

61] Things are only worth one makes them worth

62] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

63] Soon hot, soon cold

64] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

65] There is a great difference between words and deeds

66] True gold is not transformed by fire

67] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

68] Every beginning is hard

69] Love knows hidden paths

70] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

71] Beggars must not be choosers

72] Money refused loses its brightness

73] Virtue is the only true nobility

74] The money you refuse will never do you good

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

76] An angry man is not fit to pray

77] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

78] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

79] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

80] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

81] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

82] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

83] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

84] The good is often the enemy of the best

85] Man does what he can, and God what he will

86] Riches along make no men happy

87] Let like mate with like

88] Virtue has all things in itself

89] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

90] It is a great victory that comes without blood

91] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

92] It’s dogged that does it

93] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

94] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

95] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

96] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

97] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

98] Fire is a good servant a bad master

99] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

100] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take