Famous Proverbs

1] A good payer is master of another’s purse

2] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

3] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

4] No day so clear but has dark clouds

5] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

6] Dead men tell no tales

7] Men are blind in their own cause

8] Money is the sinew of affairs

9] The mean is the best

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

11] The company makes the feast

12] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

13] Those near the temple deride the gods

14] Early sow, early mow

15] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

16] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

17] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

18] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

19] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

20] Mercy surpasses justice

21] The tongue talks at the heads cost

22] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

23] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

24] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

25] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

26] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

27] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

28] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

29] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

30] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

31] Strength grows stronger by being tried

32] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

33] Without luck, it is better not to be born

34] No man is wise at all times

35] He mediates revenge who least complains.

36] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

37] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

38] Life is short and time is swift

39] Light burden I heavy if far borne

40] They brag most who can do least

41] Every medal has its reverse

42] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

43] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

44] Numbers overcome the brave

45] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

46] There is death in the pot.

47] Plain dealing is a jewel

48] The dog is a lion in his own house

49] Custom reconciles us to everything

50] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

51] God makes the back for the burden

52] Every shoe fits not every foot

53] They brag most who can do least

54] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

55] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

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

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

58] Judge not of men and things at first sight

59] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

60] Half a loaf is better than do bread

61] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

62] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

63] You cannot have your cake and eat it

64] The coward threatens only when he is safe

65] Love me, love my dog

66] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

67] The owl thinks her own young fairest

68] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

69] Care killed the cat

70] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

71] The bull must be taken by the horns

72] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

73] He who does no good, does evil enough

74] Choose thy company before thy drink

75] Better say noting than no to the purpose

76] Pride goes before a fall

77] It takes a wise man to be a fool

78] Marriage makes or mars a man

79] To err is human

80] Like father, like son

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

82] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

83] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

84] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

85] A little too late, is much too late

86] Rip not up old sores

87] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

88] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

89] Jack is as good as his master

90] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

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

92] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

93] You must grin and bear it

94] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

95] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

96] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

97] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

98] No remedy but patience

99] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

100] A golden key opens every door