Famous Proverbs

1] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

2] Men do more things through habit than reason

3] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

4] He who comes late must eat what is left

5] In doing we learn.

6] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

7] As long lives a merry man as a sad

8] No pains, no gains

9] Nature is conquered by obeying her

10] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

11] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

12] The age of miracles is past

13] Opportunity makes the thief

14] There is no fool like an old fool

15] Divine grace was never slow

16] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

17] Idle folks lack no excuses

18] What is worse than ill luck?

19] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

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

21] Every medal has two sides

22] Wise men silent, fools talk

23] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

24] A little learning is dangerous thing

25] Necessity is mother of invention

26] Every flow must have its ebb

27] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

28] Every medal has two sides

29] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

30] Every man must carry his own cross

31] Better beg than steal.

32] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

33] Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage

34] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

35] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

36] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

37] Custom reconciles us to everything

38] Needs must when the devil drives

39] Virtue is its own reward

40] An egg thief will become a camel thief

41] Slow but sure wins the race

42] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

43] One can’t help many, but many can help one

44] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

45] Many eyes upon the king

46] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

47] Tigers and deer do not over.

48] Good fences make good neighbours

49] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

50] We live laws, not by examples

51] Everything must have a beginning

52] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

53] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

54] Penny wise, pound foolish

55] Live and let live

56] The more you get, the more you want

57] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

58] Prove your friend ere you have need

59] Let sleeping dogs lie

60] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

61] Self-praise is no recommendation

62] Quietness is a great treasure

63] He who sows, trusts in God

64] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

65] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

66] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

67] Desire beautifies what is ugly

68] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

69] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

70] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

71] Will is no skill

72] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

73] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

74] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

75] Where there is peace, God is

76] He who begins many things, finishes but few

77] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

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

79] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

80] Laugh and grow fat

81] Learn not and know not

82] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

83] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

84] Every man is his own worst enemy

85] Much learning makes men mad

86] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

87] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

88] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

89] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

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

91] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

92] Fish and guests smell in three days

93] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

94] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

95] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

96] Wine is the best broom for trouble

97] Love is sweet torment

98] Her that is down need fear no fall

99] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

100] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.