Famous Proverbs

1] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

2] Books and friends should be few but good

3] If you want peace, prepare for war

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

5] None so deaf as those that will not hear

6] A good heart conquers ill fortune

7] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

8] Beauty draws more than oxen

9] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

10] Love sees no fault

11] Four eyes see better than two.

12] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

13] Better never begin than never make an end

14] Nearest the heart comes out first

15] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

16] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

17] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

18] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

19] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

20] Crust is better than no bread

21] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

22] So many countries, so many customs

23] Fool’s haste is no speed

24] You cannot have your cake and eat it

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

26] A watched pot never boils

27] A good paymaster never wants workmen

28] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

29] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

30] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

31] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

32] It costs more to do ill than to do well

33] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

34] Sickness shows us what we are

35] A great city, a great solitude

36] Procrastination is the thief of time

37] Idle folks have the least leisure

38] A bully is always a coward

39] All’s well that ends well

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

41] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

42] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

43] Great gain makes easy work

44] He that speaks well, flights well

45] Give credit where credit is due

46] An angry man is not fit to pray

47] It takes two to make a quarrel

48] Be just before you are generous

49] The age of miracles is past

50] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

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

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

53] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

54] One must howl with the wolves

55] A little help is worth a deal of pity

56] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

57] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

58] If the cap fits, wear it

59] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

60] The bull must be taken by the horns

61] Confess and be hanged

62] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

63] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

64] Debt is an evil conscience

65] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

66] Like father, like son

67] Trusting often makes fidelity

68] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

69] He that knows little often repeats it

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

71] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

72] The leopard cannot change its spots

73] We don’t get something for nothing

74] Where there are reeds, there is water

75] Forecast is better than work-hard

76] A man’s mother is his other God

77] He that pities another remembers himself

78] Plain dealing is best

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

80] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

81] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

82] Hope keeps man alive

83] A man may learn wit every day.

84] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

85] None can guess the jewel by the casket

86] Envy never enriched any man.

87] One man’s loss is another’s gain

88] Reputation is often got without merit, and lost without crime

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

90] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

91] Self-praise is no recommendation

92] All glory comes from daring to begin

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

94] First thrive then wive

95] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

96] Love turns pimples

97] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

98] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

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

100] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost