Famous Proverbs

1] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

2] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

3] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

4] The bait hides the hook

5] Many a little makes a mickle

6] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

7] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

8] The bait hides the hook

9] Old cattle breed not

10] Content is more than a kingdom

11] Opportunity makes the thief

12] 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

13] Who suffers much is silent

14] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

15] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

16] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

17] Full of courtesy, full of craft

18] Every beginning is hard

19] Dead men don’t bite

20] Strength grows stronger by being tried

21] Give and spend, and God will send

22] Like breeds like

23] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

24] Laugh and grow fat

25] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

26] Old habits die hard

27] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

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

29] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

30] Goodness is better than beauty

31] Trust is the mother of deceit

32] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

33] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

34] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

35] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

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

37] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

38] When the word is out it belongs to another

39] More than enough is too much

40] Crime does not pay

41] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

42] Confess and be hanged

43] A bad workman always blames his tools

44] A friend in need is a friend indeed

45] Fine words dress ill deeds

46] One today is worth two tomorrows

47] The leopard cannot change its spots

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

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

50] Patience surpasses learning

51] It is not work that kills but worry

52] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

53] Like will to like

54] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

55] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

56] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

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

58] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

59] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

60] The eye is bigger than the belly

61] It is the unexpected that always happens

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

63] The child is father of the man

64] A good paymaster never wants workmen

65] No man is his craft’s master the first day

66] Everything is good in its season

67] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

68] We live laws, not by examples

69] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

70] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

71] Words are but wind

72] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

73] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

74] Better ask the way than go astray

75] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

76] When bees area old, they yield n honey

77] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

78] No land without stones, or meat without bones

79] First catch your hare

80] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

81] Like mistress, like maid

82] Young colts will canter.

83] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

84] He that repairs not a part, builds all

85] Sorrow will pay no debt

86] Health is better than wealth

87] Choose thy company before thy drink

88] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

89] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

90] The result justifies the deed

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

92] It is the first step that is troublesome

93] Health and money go far

94] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

95] Practice what you preach

96] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

97] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

98] When you do not know what to do – wait.

99] Wise men do not argue with idiots

100] Penny and penny laid up will be many