Famous Proverbs

1] The best of friends must part

2] Envy never enriched any man.

3] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

4] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

5] Extremes meet

6] Much science, much sorrow

7] Actions speak louder than words

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

9] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

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

11] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

12] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

13] It is a great victory that comes without blood

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

15] Silence is golden

16] Every flow must have its ebb

17] The end makes all equal

18] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

19] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

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

21] Where there is peace, God is

22] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

23] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

24] Every commodity has its discommodity

25] Do not kick against the pricks

26] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

27] A monk can’t shave his own head

28] There are two sides to every question

29] Lavishness is not generosity

30] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

31] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

32] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

33] Enough is as good as a feast

34] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

35] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

36] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

37] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

38] Ill luck is good for something

39] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

40] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

41] Each day brings its own bread

42] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

43] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

44] One good turn deserves another

45] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

46] A man can die but once

47] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

48] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

49] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

50] Never too late to learn

51] Anger managers everything badly.

52] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

53] One man’s means another man’s poison

54] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration

55] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

56] Flesh is frail

57] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

58] Thrift is a great revenue

59] Everything is good in its season

60] He that ventures not fails not.

61] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

62] Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick

63] See which way the cat jumps

64] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

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

66] Happy is the country (or nation) that has no history

67] The bull must be taken by the horns

68] Sweet are the uses of adversity

69] Tempt not a desperate man

70] A good heart cannot lie.

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

72] The devil is not as black as he is painted

73] There is no tree but bears some fruit

74] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

75] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

76] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

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

78] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

79] Hasty work, double work,

80] First impressions are half the battle

81] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

82] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

83] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

84] Necessity is a powerful weapon

85] Love knows no limit

86] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

87] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

88] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

89] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

90] Pat any man and dust will fly

91] Not even Hercules could contend against two

92] A parrot will only say what it is taught

93] The grace of God enough

94] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

95] Parents are patterns

96] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

97] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

98] Well done is better than well said

99] Far from eye, far from heart

100] He that hopes not for good, fears not evil.