Famous Proverbs

1] Precepts may lead but examples draw

2] Great actions speak minds

3] Revenge never repairs an injury

4] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

5] He freezes who does not burn

6] A man with no hands is given a ring.

7] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

8] Borrowed garments never fit well

9] The best things carried to excess are wrong

10] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

11] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

12] Hard cases make bad law

13] A good garden may have some ill weeds

14] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

15] Money makes the man

16] Nature abhors a vacuum

17] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

18] Content is better than riches

19] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

20] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

21] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

22] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

23] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

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

25] They can do least two boast loudest

26] Old habits die hard

27] Every Jack must have his Jill

28] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

29] Hope keeps man alive

30] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

31] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

32] True doctrines require no miracles

33] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

34] A good face is a letter of recommendation

35] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

36] Good words are worth much and cost little

37] Good fences make good neighbours

38] Every path has a puddle

39] The course of true love never did run smooth

40] There’s a black sheep in every flock

41] If the cap fits, wear it

42] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

43] One father is more than a hundred school masters

44] He who has seen little marvels much

45] A good heart conquers ill fortune

46] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

47] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

48] Love me, love the crows on my roof

49] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

50] That which proves too much proves nothing

51] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head

52] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

53] Little pitchers have big ears.

54] Make hay while the sun shines

55] Poverty is no sin

56] Mere wishes are silly fishes

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

58] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

59] He that has an ill name is half hanged

60] United we stand, divided we fall

61] Don’t cry for the moon

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

63] Kindness lies in one side of the house

64] Where there is no trust there is no love

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

66] Years know more than books

67] Pleasing ware is half sold

68] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

69] The fox may grow grey, but never good

70] A good garden may have some ill weeds

71] The exception proves the rule

72] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

73] Might is right

74] Put not the bucket too often in the well

75] Men are not to be measured in inches

76] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

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

78] Many drops make a shower

79] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

80] The worse luck now, the better another time

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

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

83] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

84] First catch your hare

85] Busiest men find the most time

86] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

87] The borrower is servant to the lender

88] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

89] Make the best of a bad job

90] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

91] Silence never makes mistakes

92] One lie makes many

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

94] Honour is the reward of virtue

95] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

96] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

97] Soon hot, soon cold

98] The receiver is as bad as the thief

99] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

100] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer