Famous Proverbs

1] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

2] Practice makes perfect

3] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

4] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

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

6] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example

7] That which is easily done is soon believed

8] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

9] No pain, no cure

10] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

11] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

12] Love is sweet torment

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

14] Empty vessels make the most noise

15] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

16] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

17] The proud will sooner lose than ask the way

18] Slow but sure wins the race

19] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

20] Hear twice before you speak once

21] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

22] No choice amongst stinking fish

23] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

24] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

25] Necessity is mother of invention

26] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

27] Expectation is better than realisation

28] Opportunity makes the thief

29] Comparisons are odious

30] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

31] He that pities another remembers himself

32] A good beginning is half the battle.

33] First impressions are half the battle

34] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

35] Open a book and you profit by what you read

36] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

37] Hunger is the best sauce

38] Thrift is a great revenue

39] Not even Hercules could contend against two

40] Weak things united become strong

41] One master in a house is enough

42] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

43] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

44] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

45] Every medal has two sides

46] No man so good but another may be as good as he

47] Charity excuseth not cheating.

48] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

49] Even silence may be eloquent

50] A golden key opens every door

51] Fortune does not stand waiting at any man’s door

52] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

53] He that has good money, gives few alms

54] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

55] All things are difficult before they are easy

56] Nature does nothing in vain

57] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

58] Praise no man till he is dead.

59] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

60] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

61] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

62] No sweet without sweat

63] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

64] We live laws, not by examples

65] Half a loaf is better than do bread

66] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

67] Where god will help, nothing does harm

68] Early sow, early mow

69] Better no doctor at all than three.

70] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

71] He mediates revenge who least complains.

72] Go while the going is good

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

74] As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamp

75] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

76] A fault once denied is twice committed

77] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

78] Advice when most needed is least heeded

79] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

80] Good is good but better carries it

81] It’s dogged that does it

82] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

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

84] Every man is his own worst enemy

85] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

86] Love me, love my dog

87] Never grieve for what you cannot help

88] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

89] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

90] At a good bargain thinks twice

91] He that obey cannot command

92] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

93] No misfortune will go on forever

94] If one will not, another will

95] Better an open enemy than a false friend

96] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

97] Better beg than steal.

98] Eat to live and not live to eat.

99] In the end, things will mend

100] Enough is as good as a feast