Famous Proverbs

1] It is ill striving against the stream

2] Where there is no might, right loses itself

3] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

4] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

5] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

6] If today will not, tomorrow may

7] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

8] Where there’s muck, there’s money

9] Old habits die hard

10] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

11] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

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

13] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

14] You cannot make bricks without straw

15] Too far east is west

16] Money can influence even the spirits

17] Nothing seek, nothing find

18] Bind the sack before it be full

19] Extremity of right is wrong

20] God makes the back for the burden

21] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

22] The best wine comes from an old vessel

23] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

24] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

25] There is no accounting for tastes

26] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

27] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

28] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

29] A good friend is my nearest relation

30] A hungry man is angry man

31] Never spend your money before you have it

32] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

33] The great would have none great, and the little all little

34] The longest night will have an end

35] The more laws, the more offenders

36] To err is human; to forgive, divine

37] A goose drinks as much as gander

38] Light grows the burden which is well borne

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

40] You never know your luck

41] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

42] Hope is the poor man’s bread

43] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

44] Prevention is better than cure

45] The longest way round is the shortest way home

46] A strong town is not won in an hour

47] The falling drops hollow the stone

48] Speech is silver, silence is golden

49] The axe falls on a straight tree first

50] Laughter makes good blood

51] Look at the bright side

52] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

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

54] Names and natures do often agree

55] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

56] Slow help is no help

57] No man is indispensable

58] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

59] Black will take no other hue

60] Every flow must have its ebb

61] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

62] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

63] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

64] Desire beautifies what is ugly

65] The tailor makes the man

66] Beware of him who makes thee presents

67] Waste makes wants

68] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

69] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

70] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

71] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

72] One lie makes many

73] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

74] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

75] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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

77] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

78] Men are known by the company they keep.

79] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

80] Misfortunes never come singly

81] Better never begin than never make an end

82] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

83] Everything in moderation.

84] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

85] Zeal without prudence is frenzy

86] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

87] Prove your friend ere you have need

88] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

89] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

90] The best go first

91] A man of courage never wants weapons

92] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

93] Like mother, like daughter

94] We don’t get something for nothing

95] Boys will be boys

96] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

97] He who comes first, grinds first.

98] Crows are all completely black

99] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

100] Virtue is a jewel of great price.