Famous Proverbs

1] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

2] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

3] The eye is bigger than the belly

4] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

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

6] The world is full of fools

7] Every oak has been an acorn

8] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

9] Experience is the best teacher

10] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

11] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

12] Enough is as good as a feast

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

14] Love will find a way

15] Think of ease, but work on.

16] He is rich that has few wants

17] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

18] Once bitten, twice shy.

19] All heiresses are beautiful.

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

21] Praise is always pleasant

22] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

23] Out of sight, out of mind

24] When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

25] Fair face, foul heart

26] A cat may look at a king

27] Fine feathers make fine birds.

28] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

29] To err is human; to forgive, divine

30] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

31] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

32] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

33] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

34] Revenge never repairs an injury

35] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

36] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

37] Virtue carries a lean purse

38] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

39] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

40] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

41] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

42] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

43] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

44] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

45] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

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

47] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

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

49] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

50] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

51] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

52] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

53] A man’s best fortune, or his worst, is a wife

54] The tongue stings

55] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

56] Manners make the man

57] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

58] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

59] Honour is the reward of virtue

60] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

61] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

62] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

63] The voice is the best music

64] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

65] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

66] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

67] Manners and money make a gentleman

68] True gold is not transformed by fire

69] Hasty work, double work,

70] Too many cooks spoil the broth

71] Take the tone of the company you are in

72] Travel broadens the mind

73] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

74] If today will not, tomorrow may

75] Empty vessels make the most sound

76] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

77] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

78] Seeing is believing

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

80] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

81] He that has no money needs no purse

82] Procrastination is the thief of time

83] Nothing is given so freely as advice

84] More haste, less speed

85] Take heed is a fair thing

86] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

87] What’s done is done

88] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

89] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

90] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

91] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

92] Ill gotten, ill spent

93] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

94] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

95] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

96] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

97] Don’t play with fire

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

99] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

100] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden