Famous Proverbs

1] He that cannot ask, cannot live

2] No misfortune will go on forever

3] Fair exchange is no robbery

4] Don’t put the cart before the horse

5] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

6] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

7] Better an apple given than eaten

8] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

9] Facts are stubborn things

10] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

11] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

12] No good building without a good foundation.

13] A word to the wise is enough

14] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

15] He who sows, trusts in God

16] The greatest step is that out of doors

17] The labourer is worthy of his hire

18] We soon believe what we desire

19] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

20] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

21] An old man is a bed full of bones

22] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

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

24] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

25] No flying without wings.

26] What can’t be cured must be endured

27] It is well to live that one may learn

28] Every bean has its black

29] The labour we delight in physics pain

30] Do as the friar says, not as he does

31] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

32] The love of money is the root of all evil

33] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

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

35] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

36] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

37] The good intention excuses the bad action

38] Words fly, writings remain

39] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

40] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

41] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

42] There is nothing like being on the safe side

43] Good is good but better carries it

44] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

45] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

46] Poverty is no sin

47] He who considers too much will perform little.

48] A word spoken is past recalling

49] A good name is better than a golden girdle

50] The beaten road is the safest

51] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

52] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

53] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

54] The greatest talkers are the least doers

55] Empty vessels make the most sound

56] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

57] It takes a wise man to be a fool

58] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

59] No cross, no crown

60] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

61] A fool and his money are soon parted

62] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

63] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

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

65] Despair gives courage to a coward

66] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

67] God helps those who help themselves

68] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

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

70] All things are possible with god

71] Variety takes away satiety

72] Desire beautifies what is ugly

73] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

74] Valour delights in the test

75] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

76] Better late than never

77] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

78] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares

79] Great talkers are never great doers

80] The course of true love never did run smooth

81] No man fears what he has seen grow

82] He gives twice who gives quickly

83] One hand washes the other

84] Waste makes wants

85] There is none misfortune cannot reach

86] A good name is better than riches

87] All things for not all persons

88] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

89] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

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

91] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

92] The golden age was never the present age

93] Penny and penny laid up will be many

94] All good things must come to an end

95] One foot is better than two crutches

96] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

97] Love your friend with his fault

98] There is no smoke without fire

99] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

100] In everything consider the end