Famous Proverbs

1] Thrift is a great revenue

2] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

3] Success has many friends

4] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

5] He that has an ill name is half hanged

6] Better at home than a mile from it

7] In the land of hope there is never any winter

8] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

9] Better the last smile than the first laugh

10] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

11] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

12] Every man has his price

13] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

14] What will not money do?

15] The golden age was never the present age

16] Fire is a good servant a bad master

17] Old vessels must leak

18] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

19] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

20] Ill news comes often on the back of worse

21] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

22] Mercy surpasses justice

23] Fine words dress ill deeds

24] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

25] Numbers overcome the brave

26] No man is wise at all times

27] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

28] In the land of hope there is never any winter

29] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

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

31] Thrift is a great revenue

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

33] White there’s life there’s hope

34] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

35] Tell the truth and shame the devil

36] The dog is a lion in his own house

37] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

38] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

39] The mob has many heads but no brains

40] You cannot make a crab walk straight

41] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

42] Where there is peace, there is blessing

43] Virtue is its own reward

44] Walls have ears

45] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

46] Great gain makes easy work

47] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

48] United we stand, divided we fall

49] Blood will have blood

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

51] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

52] Dead dogs bark not

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

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

55] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

56] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

57] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

58] Good fences make good neighbours

59] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

60] Beauty draws more than oxen

61] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

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

63] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

64] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

65] The king can do no wrong

66] When in doubt, do nothing

67] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

68] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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

70] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

71] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

72] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

73] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

74] One is never too old to learn

75] It is more blessed to give than to receive

76] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

77] He that has no money needs no purse

78] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

79] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

80] A good dog deserves a good bone

81] It is not every question that deserves an answer

82] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

83] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

84] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

85] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

86] Fair exchange is no robbery

87] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

88] Let us do evil that good may come

89] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

90] A little impatience will spoil great plans

91] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

92] Ambition makes people diligent

93] If you would be well served, serve yourself

94] Dog does not eat dog

95] All roads lead to Rome

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

97] Rats know the ways of rats

98] There is honour among thieves

99] Where there is whispering there is lying

100] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.