Famous Proverbs

1] A woman’s work is never done

2] Water is the king of food

3] A little body often harbours a great soul

4] Man proposes, God disposes

5] Better beg than steal.

6] A penny saved is a penny gained

7] He that has no shame has no conscience

8] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

9] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

10] When in doubt, do nothing

11] As soon as there is life there is danger

12] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

13] What can’t be cured must be endured

14] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

15] Great barkers are no biters

16] Live not to eat, but eat to live

17] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

18] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

19] God made the country ,and man made the town

20] An old horse knows the route

21] He who envies admits his inferiority

22] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

23] Success makes a fool seem wise.

24] Truth is god’s daughter

25] No man so good but another may be as good as he

26] He that can stay. Obtains

27] Better a bare foot than none

28] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

29] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

30] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

31] The best things come in small packages

32] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

33] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

34] Acorns were good till bread was found

35] The word is far him who has patience

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

37] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

38] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

39] No misfortune will go on forever

40] He that hath a full purse never wanted (or lacked) a friend

41] An obedient wife commands her husband

42] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

43] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

44] Many doctors, death accomplished

45] In wine there is truth

46] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

47] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

48] Ill news comes unsent for.

49] As you sow, so shall you reap

50] Safety lies in the middle course

51] Habit is second nature

52] What the king wills, that the law wills

53] Too many cooks spoil the broth

54] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

55] Findings are keepings

56] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

57] What’s in a name?

58] Advise none to marry or to go to war

59] Nothing seek, nothing find

60] What costs little is little esteemed

61] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

62] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

63] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

64] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

65] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

66] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

67] It is easy to be wise after the event

68] Honest is the best policy

69] The pot calls the kettle black

70] In the end, things will mend

71] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

72] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

73] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

74] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

75] He who owes is in all the wrong

76] Cast not the first stone.

77] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

78] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

79] An old fox is not easily snared

80] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

81] He who last, laughs longest.

82] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

83] Too much curiosity lost paradise

84] What cannot gold do?

85] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

86] Better an apple given than eaten

87] Mere wishes are silly fishes

88] A man’s studies pass in to his character

89] Erring is not heating

90] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

91] There is no time like the present

92] He that seeks trouble never misses

93] A wicked man is his own hell

94] Adam’s ale is the best brew

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

96] A golden key opens every door

97] Don’t put the cart before the horse

98] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

99] Poverty is no sin

100] He that lends, gives