Famous Proverbs

1] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

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

3] Never too late to late to repent

4] A closed mouth catches no files

5] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

6] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

7] He who never was sick dies the first fit

8] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

9] One cannot put back the clock

10] When in doubt, do nothing

11] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

12] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

13] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

14] Hunger is sharper than the sword

15] Men are not to be measured in inches

16] The voice is the best music

17] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

18] All meat No dish pleases all palates alike pleases not all mouths

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

20] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

21] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

22] A traveller may lie with authority

23] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

24] First thrive then wive

25] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

26] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

27] When you drink water from the stream, don’t forget that the source of it is the spring

28] When wine sinks, words swim

29] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

30] Wash your dirty linen at home

31] Law makers should not be law breakers

32] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

33] Corn him well and he will work better

34] There is no royal road to learning

35] Sweet are the uses of adversity

36] Good broth may be made in an old pot

37] Big fish eat little fish

38] Innocence is no protection

39] A good name is a rich heritage

40] A word is enough to the wise

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

42] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda

43] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

44] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

45] Out of sight, out of mind

46] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

47] Discretion is the better part of valour

48] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

49] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

50] Every medal has two sides

51] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

52] Who greases his way travels easily

53] A man’s studies pass in to his character

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

55] Fortune is blind

56] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

57] A beggar can never be bankrupt

58] An old man’s sayings are seldom untrue

59] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

60] Garbage in, garbage out

61] Easier said than done

62] Men are known by the company they keep.

63] A good example is the best sermon

64] Charity begins at home.

65] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

66] Lucky men need no counsel

67] Paddle your own canoe

68] Enough is as good as a feast

69] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

70] Soon hot, soon cold

71] He that knows little often repeats it

72] A drowning man will clutch at a straw

73] Lookers-on see more than players

74] Patient men with the day.

75] Everything new is fine

76] You cannot make bricks without straw

77] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

78] A good dog deserves a good bone

79] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

80] Where there is peace, God is

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

82] Corn him well and he will work better

83] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

84] Many hands make light work

85] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

86] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

87] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

88] Pat any man and dust will fly

89] You cannot have your cake and eat it

90] Light burden I heavy if far borne

91] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

92] He that is long a-giving knows not how to give

93] Hunger is the teacher of many

94] Dogs bark as they are bred.

95] It takes two to make a quarrel

96] First impressions are half the battle

97] Failure teaches success

98] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

99] Little pitchers have big ears.

100] No man is a hero to his valet