Famous Proverbs

1] Fortune does not stand waiting at any man’s door

2] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

3] Frugality is the mother of virtue

4] Great actions speak minds

5] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

6] It is easy to be wise after the event

7] From word to deed is a great space

8] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

9] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

10] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

11] Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

12] The resolved mind has no cares

13] A good name is better than riches

14] The pot calls the kettle black

15] Better ask the way than go astray

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

17] A man may learn wit every day.

18] Words bind men

19] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

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

21] Heaven helps those who help themselves

22] Kill two birds with one stone

23] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

24] All griefs with bread are less

25] He that pities another remembers himself

26] Of two evils choose the lesser

27] Virtue is its own reward

28] Virtue has all things in itself

29] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

30] Every man is his own worst enemy

31] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

32] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

33] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

34] Bind the sack before it be full

35] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

36] Six feet of earth make all men equal

37] Bear with evil and expect good

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

39] One cannot put back the clock

40] Go while the going is good

41] Cheap is dear in the long run.

42] Don’t play with fire

43] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

44] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

45] All things are easy, that are done willingly

46] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

47] Keep something for a rainy day

48] By falling we learn to go safely

49] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

50] If you would be well served, serve yourself

51] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

52] A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse boiled

53] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

54] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

55] Where there is whispering there is lying

56] Fine words dress ill deeds

57] In peace, prepare for war

58] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

59] A man can do no more than he can

60] Might overcome right.

61] A word before is worth two behind

62] He is a fool who makes his physician his heir

63] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

64] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

65] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

66] A good name is a rich heritage

67] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

68] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

69] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

70] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

71] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

72] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

73] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

74] There is nothing lost by civility

75] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

76] Morning dreams come true

77] Of one ill come many

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

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

80] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

81] Every one thinks his own sack heaviest

82] Many drops make a shower

83] There is no blindness like ignorance

84] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

85] Who greases his way travels easily

86] Hasty work, double work,

87] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

88] Good hand, good hire

89] Words cut more than swords

90] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

91] Christmas comes but once a year

92] Where there is no might, right loses itself

93] Two heads are better than one

94] No man is wise at all times

95] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

96] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

97] Never refuse a good offer

98] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

99] It is useless to flog a dead horse

100] Plain dealing is best