Famous Proverbs

1] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

2] You never know your luck

3] Hope keeps man alive

4] Better eye sore than al blind

5] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

6] At a good bargain thinks twice

7] Much learning makes men mad

8] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

9] Many dishes make many diseases

10] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

11] At open doors, dogs come in

12] Rats know the ways of rats

13] Garbage in, garbage out

14] The leopard cannot change its spots

15] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

16] An army marches on its stomach

17] The coward threatens only when he is safe

18] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

19] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

20] He who hesitates is lost

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

22] Half a loaf is better than do bread

23] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

24] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

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

26] Never grieve for what you cannot help

27] Better a bare foot than none

28] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

29] Experience is the mother of wisdom

30] Without diligence, no prize

31] A little learning is dangerous thing

32] Man punishes the action but God the intention

33] Every flow must have its ebb

34] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

35] Bad excuses are worse than none.

36] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

37] Everything comes to him who waits

38] Kind hearts are more than coronets

39] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

40] Laws were made to be broke

41] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

42] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

43] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

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

45] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

46] The eye is bigger than the belly

47] Everything must have a beginning

48] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

49] Take things as they come

50] Strike while the iron is hot

51] God is a sure paymaster

52] Repentance comes too late

53] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

54] If the cap fits, wear it

55] Poverty is no sin

56] He that would catch fish must venture his bait

57] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

58] Blood will have blood

59] A man may bear till his back breaks

60] No man is infallible

61] The greatest talkers are the least doers

62] When you do not know what to do – wait.

63] Great barkers are no biters

64] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

65] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

66] Pat any man and dust will fly

67] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

68] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

69] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

70] Heaven helps those who help themselves

71] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

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

73] No man limps because another is hurt

74] Better bend than break

75] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

76] Fish begins to stink at the head

77] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

78] When meat is in anger is out

79] The wisest of the wise may err.

80] Never refuse a good offer

81] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

82] When angry, count a hundred

83] Birds once snared fear all bushes

84] Each day brings its own bread

85] Look before you leap

86] Standing pools gather fifth

87] One of these days is none of these days

88] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

89] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

90] Who greases his way travels easily

91] So many countries, so many customs

92] A good lawyer must be a great liar

93] Silence is golden

94] The devil dances in an empty pocket

95] Don’t cry for the moon

96] Goodness is better than beauty

97] A useful trade is a mine of gold

98] Harp not for ever on the same string

99] Honest is the best policy

100] A good marksman may miss