Famous Proverbs

1] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

2] Danger makes men devout

3] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

4] Wise men do not argue with idiots

5] He stands not surely that never slips

6] Common fame is a liar

7] Seek and you shall find

8] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

9] Let us do evil that good may come

10] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

11] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

12] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

13] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

14] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

15] Christmas comes but once a year

16] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

17] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

18] All men are mortal

19] A light purse makes a heavy heart

20] Take away fuel, take away flame

21] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

22] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

23] Slow but sure wins the race

24] Old foxes want no tutors

25] Don’t play with edged tools

26] Nothing is so certain as death

27] Young saint, old devil.

28] His own ingenuity pricks him.

29] Experience is good if not bought too dear

30] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

31] The cowl does not make the monk.

32] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

33] He gives twice who gives quickly

34] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

35] Rip not up old sores

36] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

37] There is a great difference between words and deeds

38] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

39] The tongue stings

40] Precepts may lead but examples draw

41] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

42] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

43] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

44] God helps those who help themselves

45] Pat any man and dust will fly

46] Small is the seed of every greatness

47] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer

48] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

49] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most

50] A drowning man will clutch at a straw

51] A man in debt is caught in a net

52] One sheep follows another

53] It is ill striving against the stream

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

55] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

56] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

57] A door must be either shut or open

58] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

59] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

60] The wish is father to the thought

61] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

62] Train the child in the way he should go.

63] One man sows and another reaps

64] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

65] The best is often the enemy of the good

66] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

67] A good husband makes a good wife

68] Little things please little minds

69] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

70] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

71] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

72] Cowards die many times before their deaths

73] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

74] All that glitters is not gold

75] It is never too late to mend

76] Let bygones be bygones

77] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

78] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

79] Jack is as good as his master

80] God helps those who help themselves

81] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

82] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

83] Worse things happen at sea

84] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

85] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

86] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

87] An angry man is not fit to pray

88] No pains, no gains

89] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

90] Nature will have her course

91] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

92] Never say die

93] There is nothing new under the sun

94] Time flies

95] Expectation is better than realisation

96] Hope often deludes the foolish man

97] More than enough is too much

98] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

99] Full of courtesy, full of craft

100] Stolen goods never thrive