Famous Proverbs

1] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

2] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

3] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

4] Exchange is no robbery

5] Dogs bark as they are bred.

6] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

7] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

8] The early bird catches the worm

9] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

10] Might overcome right.

11] Ill news comes apace.

12] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

13] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

14] Mere wishes are silly fishes

15] He that will not be counseled, cannot be helped

16] The owl thinks her own young fairest

17] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

18] It is good fishing in troubled waters

19] Diligence is the mother of good luck

20] First impressions are half the battle

21] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

22] The course of true love never did run smooth

23] Love is lawless.

24] Words and feathers the wind carries away

25] Love your friend with his fault

26] There is no smoke without fire

27] Love conquers all

28] Man cannot live by bread alone

29] Without luck, it is better not to be born

30] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

31] He is an ill husband who is not missed

32] Think on the end before you begin

33] Hope is grief’s best music

34] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

35] He that burns most, shines most

36] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

37] A still tongue makes a wise head

38] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

39] Big words seldom go with good deeds

40] Divide and rule

41] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

42] Change of pasture makes fat calves

43] The more wicked, the more lucky

44] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

45] Patience is a virtue

46] When bees area old, they yield n honey

47] Water is the king of food

48] A good paymaster needs no surety

49] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

50] A good drink makes the old young

51] Let the buyer beware

52] When wine sinks, words swim

53] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

54] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

55] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

56] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

57] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

58] What cannot gold do?

59] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

60] As is the mould, so will the cake be.

61] No answer is also an answer

62] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

63] The receiver is as bad as the thief

64] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

65] Patience is the remedy of the world

66] Some are wise and some are otherwise

67] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

68] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

69] Lovers are madmen

70] It is not the hood that makes the monk.

71] The best of men are but men at best.

72] He that desires but little has no deed of much

73] First think, and then speak

74] Better beg than steal.

75] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

76] Company in misery makes it light

77] Learn to walk before you run

78] The highest branch is not the safest roost

79] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

80] The eye sees only what it has the power of seeing

81] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

82] He who last, laughs longest.

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

84] One sheep follows another

85] The faulty stands on his guard

86] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

87] He that has no money needs no purse

88] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

89] Little wealth, little care

90] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

91] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

92] Dying men speak true

93] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

94] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

95] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

96] Pleasant hours fly past

97] Every man must carry his own cross

98] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

99] The age of miracles is past

100] An old ox will find a shelter for himself