Famous Proverbs

1] Never too late to repent

2] At a good bargain thinks twice

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

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

5] Hunger is the teacher of many

6] Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

7] Live not to eat, but eat to live

8] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

9] When the cat is away, the mice will play

10] Beggars must not be choosers

11] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

12] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

13] A good wife is a good prize

14] Garbage in, garbage out

15] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

16] It’s dogged that does it

17] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

18] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

19] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

20] Where there is no might, right loses itself

21] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

22] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

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

24] Think of ease, but work on.

25] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

26] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

27] He that praises himself, spatters himself

28] Books and friends should be few but good

29] Who greases his way travels easily

30] Might is right

31] Many a little makes a mickle

32] Let bygones be bygones

33] As soon as there is life there is danger

34] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

35] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

36] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

37] History repeats itself

38] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

39] Make haste slowly

40] Home is where the heart is

41] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

42] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

43] He that pities another remembers himself

44] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

45] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

46] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

47] There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it

48] Double charge will rive a cannon

49] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

50] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

51] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

52] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

53] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

54] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

55] A good name is better than riches

56] Little pitchers have big ears.

57] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

58] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

59] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

60] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

61] A soft answer turns away wrath

62] Fish begins to stink at the head

63] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

64] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

65] Better late than never, but better never late

66] As long lives a merry man as a sad

67] A wise man hears one word and understands two

68] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

69] It is never too late to mend

70] All is fair in love and war

71] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

72] The golden age was never the present age

73] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

74] One sheep follows another

75] Erring is not heating

76] He that is absent is soon forgotten

77] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

78] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

79] Everything in moderation.

80] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

81] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

82] A good beginning is half the battle.

83] The best fish swim near the bottom

84] What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own

85] Dead men don’t bite

86] Weak things united become strong

87] Look on the bright side

88] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

89] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

90] Poor folk fare the best

91] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

92] Dirty linen should be washed at home

93] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

94] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

95] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

96] There is a black sheep in every flock

97] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

98] Many doctors, death accomplished

99] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

100] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again