Famous Proverbs

1] The more laws, the more offenders

2] Mercy surpasses justice

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

4] Things past cannot be recalled

5] A straight stick is crooked in water

6] The money you refuse will never do you good

7] Crows are all completely black

8] The result justifies the deed

9] Nothing so bad in which there is not something of good

10] Kindness lies in one side of the house

11] Money can influence even the spirits

12] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

13] It takes a wise man to be a fool

14] Put out your tubs when it is raining

15] None but the brave deserves the fair

16] Variety is charming

17] Like will to like

18] Gluttony kills more than the sword

19] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

20] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

21] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

22] Nature is conquered by obeying her

23] Better an apple given than eaten

24] Hope is grief’s best music

25] Care is no cure

26] A golden key opens every door

27] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

28] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

29] Good fences make good neighbours

30] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

31] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

32] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

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

34] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

35] Forgive and forget

36] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

37] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

38] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

39] Big fish eat little fish

40] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

41] Every dog is valiant at his won door

42] The result justifies the deed

43] New meat begets a new appetite

44] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

45] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

46] Health without money is half an ague

47] Every dog has his (its) day

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

49] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

50] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

51] Patience surpasses learning

52] You may know by a handful the whole sack

53] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

54] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

55] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

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

57] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

58] You cannot serve God and Mammon

59] Valour delights in the test

60] Marriage is a lottery

61] No answer is also an answer

62] A crust is better than no bread.

63] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

64] The lion had need of the mouse

65] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

66] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

67] Every one thinks his own sack heaviest

68] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

69] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

70] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

71] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

72] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

73] Early sow, early mow

74] He that is born a fool is never cured

75] Better an open enemy than a false friend

76] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

77] Blue are the far away hills

78] Ignorance is the peace of life

79] He that pities another remembers himself

80] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

81] Hard cases make bad law

82] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

83] Too long burden makes weary bones

84] In fair weather prepare for foul

85] A watched pot never boils

86] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

87] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

88] Better the foot slip than the tongue

89] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

90] Do unto others as they should do unto you

91] Of a new prince, new bondage

92] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

93] A change is as good as rest

94] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

95] Wine unveils the words of the heart

96] He that praises himself, spatters himself

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

98] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

99] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

100] The labour we delight in physics pain