Famous Proverbs

1] Dumb men get no lands

2] He that eats least eats most

3] If you would be well served, serve yourself

4] Out of sight, out of mind

5] The age of miracles is past

6] Let bygones be bygones

7] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

8] Moderation in all things

9] Actions speak louder than words

10] Beauty opens locked doors

11] Weeds need no sowing

12] Often and little eating makes a man fat

13] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

14] Early sow, early mow

15] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

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

17] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

18] Nature abhors a vacuum

19] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

20] Wine is the best broom for trouble

21] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

22] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

23] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

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

25] Conscience does make cowards of us all

26] It is good fishing in troubled waters

27] A word before is worth two behind

28] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

29] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

30] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

31] Knowledge is power

32] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

33] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

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

35] No man is born wise or learned

36] There is no blindness like ignorance

37] Train the child in the way he should go.

38] A loveless life is a living death

39] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

40] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

41] Hear twice before you speak once

42] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

43] All is fair in love and war

44] A little impatience will spoil great plans

45] Work smart; don’t work hard

46] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

47] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

48] The leopard cannot change its spots

49] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

50] Time has wings

51] There is no place like home

52] Every advantage has its disadvantage

53] All things that great men do are well done

54] The child is father of the man

55] The dog is a lion in his own house

56] Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard

57] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

58] A bad padlock invites a picklock

59] Trust is the mother of deceit

60] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

61] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

62] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

63] Love conquers all

64] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

65] He that has an ill name is half hanged

66] The labour we delight in physics pain

67] There is no fool like an old fool

68] Good ware makes quick market

69] Life means strife

70] Success makes a fool seem wise.

71] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

72] Ambition loses many a man

73] Better never begin than never make an end

74] Variety takes away satiety

75] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

76] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

77] No man is infallible

78] If you would be well served, serve yourself

79] Love delights in praise

80] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

81] First come, first served

82] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

83] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

84] Use makes mastery

85] The hole calls the thief

86] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

87] Heaven helps those who help themselves

88] The day obliterates the promise of the might

89] Nearest the heart comes out first

90] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

91] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

92] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

93] All lay loads on a willing horse

94] Common fame is seldom to blame

95] The wish is father to the thought

96] Desert and reward seldom keep company

97] Suffering does not manifest itself

98] Virtue has all things in itself

99] Plain dealing is a jewel

100] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six