Famous Proverbs

1] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

2] One lie makes many

3] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

4] Knowledge is power

5] United we stand, divided we fall

6] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

7] Homo is a common name to all men.

8] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

9] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

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

11] One man sows and another reaps

12] Advice when most needed is least heeded

13] What is word but wind?

14] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

15] Forecast is better than work-hard

16] First things first

17] Haste is of (or from) the devil

18] Life means strife

19] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

20] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

21] Remember, you are but a man

22] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

23] Change brings life

24] Without diligence, no prize

25] The labourer is worthy of his hire

26] He freezes who does not burn

27] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

28] A scalded cat fears hot water.

29] Gold will not buy everything

30] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

31] Where there is peace, there is blessing

32] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

33] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

34] No sweet without sweat

35] All glory comes from daring to begin

36] When one door shuts, another opens

37] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

38] Love is without reason

39] Nature is content with little.

40] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

41] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

42] Better beg than steal.

43] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

44] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

45] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

46] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

47] All things for not all persons

48] In my own house, I am king

49] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

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

51] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

52] Love will go through stone walls

53] When angry, count a hundred

54] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

55] The tongue stings

56] Books and friends should be few but good

57] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

58] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

59] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

60] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

61] Covetousness brings nothing home

62] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

63] Kindness lies in one side of the house

64] First try and then trust

65] He stands not surely that never slips

66] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

67] Custom makes all things easy

68] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

69] Human blood is all of a colour

70] When the word is out it belongs to another

71] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

72] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

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

74] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

75] A good paymaster needs no surety

76] Self-praise is no recommendation

77] What may be done at any time is done at no time

78] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

79] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

80] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

81] Better unborn than untaught

82] All heiresses are beautiful.

83] A miss is as good as a mile

84] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.

85] Gold may be bought too dear

86] Good goods are not cheap; cheap goods are not good

87] The devil lurks behind the cross

88] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

89] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

90] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

91] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

92] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

93] Variety is charming

94] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

95] An egg thief will become a camel thief

96] Rip not up old sores

97] All meat pleases not all mouths

98] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

99] Between two stools you fall to the ground

100] He that eats least eats most