Famous Proverbs

1] Wedlock is padlock

2] He that hath a full purse never wanted (or lacked) a friend

3] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

4] First catch your hare

5] The longest day must have an end

6] It is a great victory that comes without blood

7] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

8] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

9] Quietness is a great treasure

10] A little too late, is much too late

11] A good beginning is half the battle.

12] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

13] Bold men have generous hearts

14] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

15] He that eats least eats most

16] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

17] Who greases his way travels easily

18] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

19] It is a shame to be shameless

20] A scalded cat fears hot water.

21] Opportunity makes the thief

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

23] A good beginning is half the battle.

24] Give and spend, and God will send

25] Slow help is no help

26] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

27] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

28] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

29] One today is worth two tomorrows

30] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

31] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

32] Better an apple given than eaten

33] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

34] Don’t kick against the pricks

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

36] Forecast is better than work-hard

37] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

38] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

39] Help a lame dog over a stile

40] He is rich that has few wants

41] Be still and have thy will

42] A crowd is not company

43] A good lather is half the shave

44] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

45] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

46] Weak things united become strong

47] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

48] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

49] Hasty work, double work,

50] No man so good but another may be as good as he

51] By falling we learn to go safely

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

53] True doctrines require no miracles

54] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

55] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

56] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

57] A good servant must have good wages

58] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

59] Busiest men find the most time

60] Words fly, writings remain

61] A crust is better than no bread.

62] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

63] The voice is the best music

64] Make the best of a bad job

65] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

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

67] Better to ask the way than go astray.

68] No flying without wings.

69] Cruelty is more cruel, if we defer the pain

70] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

71] Self do, self have

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

73] A hedge between keeps friendship green

74] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

75] Crows are all completely black

76] One is never too old to learn

77] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

78] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

79] Take the will for the deed

80] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

81] Good counsel never comes amiss

82] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

83] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

84] Every shoe fits not every foot

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

86] There is nothing lost by civility

87] Soon hot, soon cold

88] Many hands make light work

89] Go while the going is good

90] Children pick up words as pigeons peas, and utter than again as god shall please

91] Safety lies in the middle course

92] He that burns most, shines most

93] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

94] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

95] Let bygones be bygones

96] Better an apple given than eaten

97] A door must be either shut or open

98] Money refused loses its brightness

99] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

100] Marriages are made in heaven