Famous Proverbs

1] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

2] Man cannot live by bread alone

3] What can’t be cured must be endured

4] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

5] Second thoughts are best

6] Empty vessels make the most sound

7] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

8] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

9] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

10] The last suitor wins the maid

11] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

12] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

13] By his deeds we know a man

14] Home is home though it be never so homely

15] No like is the same.

16] Bear with evil and expect good

17] Live and Learn

18] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

19] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

20] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

21] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

22] Do unto others as they should do unto you

23] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

24] Put not the bucket too often in the well

25] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

26] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

27] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

28] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

29] A little impatience will spoil great plans

30] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

31] Fools grow without watering.

32] Nothing so bad in which there is not something of good

33] Care is no cure

34] The longest night will have an end

35] Bind the sack before it be full

36] No man is his craft’s master the first day

37] Virtue is the only true nobility

38] First come, first served

39] Be still and have thy will

40] A healthy man is a successful man

41] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

42] Good words are worth much and cost little

43] Don’t try to run before you walk

44] Haste is of (or from) the devil

45] One hand washes the other

46] The early bird catches the worm

47] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

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

49] Better late than never, but better never late

50] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

51] Morning dreams come true

52] Every beginning is hard

53] It is equally an error to trust all men or no man

54] Nearest the heart comes out first

55] First impressions are most lasting

56] Let the buyer beware

57] He who serves is not free

58] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

59] Not even Hercules could contend against two

60] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

61] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

62] Dirty water does not wash clean.

63] Enough is enough

64] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

65] One swallow does not make a summer

66] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

67] All things are possible with god

68] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

69] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

70] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

71] Dead men don’t bite

72] They also serve who only stand and wait

73] Every little helps

74] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

75] Like question, like answer.

76] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

77] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

78] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

79] Shrouds have no pockets

80] Judge not the tree by its bark

81] Mere wishes are silly fishes

82] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

83] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

84] All things for not all persons

85] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went

86] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

87] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

88] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

89] Least said, soonest mended

90] A goose drinks as much as gander

91] A good example is the best sermon

92] No hair so small but has his shadow

93] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

94] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

95] Great oaks from little acorns grow

96] He that praises himself, spatters himself

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

98] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

99] Content is more than a kingdom

100] Every dog is valiant at his won door