Famous Proverbs

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

2] It is not every question that deserves an answer

3] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

4] Great actions speak minds

5] You cannot serve God and Mammon

6] Beauty draws more than oxen

7] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

8] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

9] There is no garden without its weeds

10] Virtue has all things in itself

11] A hungry man is angry man

12] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

13] He who demands does not command

14] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

15] He that burns most, shines most

16] Poverty is the mother of crime

17] What’s done cannot be undone

18] All good things must come to an end

19] A house divided against itself cannot stand

20] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

21] There is no rose without a thorn

22] Wise men silent, fools talk

23] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

24] He that is down need fear no fall

25] A soft answer turns away wrath

26] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

27] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

28] Men make houses, women make homes

29] All’s fair in love and war

30] All heiresses are beautiful.

31] The mob has many heads but no brains

32] To speak as the common people, to think as the wise

33] Experience must be bought

34] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

35] A bad workman always blames his tools

36] Health and money go far

37] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

38] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

39] Quickly come, quickly go

40] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

41] A straight stick is crooked in water

42] A useful trade is a mine of gold

43] Every little helps

44] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

45] Content is better than riches

46] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

47] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

48] Judge not, that ye be not judged

49] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

50] No man is born wise or learned

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

52] He is rich that has few wants

53] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

54] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

55] There are spots even in the sun

56] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

57] Hard words break no bones

58] If you play with fire you get burnt

59] Fools rejoice at promises

60] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

61] Safety lies in the middle course

62] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

63] The more you have the more you want

64] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

65] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

66] Let not your tongue run at rover

67] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

68] It is more pain to do nothing than something

69] One father is more than a hundred school masters

70] It is the first step that is troublesome

71] A good friend is my nearest relation

72] Out of sight, out of mind

73] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

74] First try and then trust

75] Little pitchers have big ears.

76] Sow thin and mow thin

77] A rich man can do nothing wrong

78] A good paymaster needs no surety

79] Do as I say, not as I do

80] There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it

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

82] A good servant must have good wages

83] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

84] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

85] So many countries, so many customs

86] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

87] A constant guest is never welcome

88] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

89] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

90] A little body often harbours a great soul

91] Will is the cause of woe

92] Never too late to late to repent

93] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

94] They also serve who only stand and wait

95] Advice when most needed is least heeded

96] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

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

98] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

99] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

100] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs