Famous Proverbs

1] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

2] Every medal has its reverse

3] Love knows no limit

4] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

5] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

6] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

7] God sends cold after Clothes

8] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

9] He that travels far knows much

10] There are spots even in the sun

11] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

12] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

13] Too much cunning undoes

14] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

15] They say so’ is half a lie

16] It is best to be on the safe side

17] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden

18] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

19] At a good bargain thinks twice

20] Death keeps no calendar

21] Through hardship to the stars

22] Ill luck is good for something

23] The longest night will have an end

24] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

25] He that is down need fear no fall

26] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

27] Money is the sinew of affairs

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

29] Better be born lucky than wise.

30] Company in misery makes it light

31] Good wine needs no bush

32] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

33] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

34] Cheap is dear in the long run.

35] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

36] Men are blind in their own cause

37] Past cure, past care

38] Hitch your wagon to a star

39] Honour is the reward of virtue

40] That which Nature paints never fades

41] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

42] He who hesitates is lost

43] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

44] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

45] Better be alone than in bad company

46] A goose drinks as much as gander

47] Better belly burst than good meat lost

48] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

49] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

50] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

51] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

52] Without luck, it is better not to be born

53] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

54] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

55] A good wife makes a good husband

56] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

57] The receiver is as bad as the thief

58] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

59] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

60] A friend is easier lost than found

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

62] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

63] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

64] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

65] He is lifeless that is faultless

66] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

67] Who suffers much is silent

68] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

69] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

70] Children speak only words they have heard.

71] He gives twice who gives quickly

72] Save a stranger from the sea and he’ll turn your enemy

73] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

74] Better a bare foot than none

75] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

76] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

77] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

78] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

79] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean

80] Union (or Unity) is strength

81] Money is the only monarch

82] Every man is his own worst enemy

83] Ambition loses many a man

84] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

85] It is useless to flog a dead horse

86] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

87] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

88] It’s dogged that does it

89] Open a book and you profit by what you read

90] One of these days is none of these days

91] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

92] Poverty does not hurt him who has not been rich before

93] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

94] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

95] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

96] There is safety in numbers

97] Harp not for ever on the same string

98] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

99] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

100] That which is easily done is soon believed