Famous Proverbs

1] Love is lawless.

2] For a web begun, God sends the thread

3] Better ask the way than go astray

4] Of three main roads, take the middle one

5] Erring is not heating

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

7] Laughter makes good blood

8] Once bitten, twice shy.

9] He that keeps not crust not crumb, shall ever want some

10] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

11] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

12] He that is absent is soon forgotten

13] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

14] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

15] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

16] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

17] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

18] Make the best of a bad bargain

19] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

20] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

21] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

22] One can’t help many, but many can help one

23] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

24] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

25] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

26] Love laughs at locksmiths

27] Put out your tubs when it is raining

28] A burnt child dreads the fire

29] A rich man can do nothing wrong

30] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

31] The sign brings customers

32] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

33] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

34] Everything in moderation.

35] Fish and guests smell in three days

36] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

37] Better the last smile than the first laugh

38] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

39] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

40] Grin and bear it

41] Children should be seen and not heard

42] Homo is a common name to all men.

43] All things are difficult before they are easy

44] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

45] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

46] The unexpected always happens.

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

48] Many doctors, death accomplished

49] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

50] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

51] A miss is as good as a mile

52] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

53] Every groom is a king at home

54] It is ill striving against the stream

55] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

56] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

57] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

58] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

59] Appetite comes with eating

60] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

61] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

62] Much babbling is not without offence

63] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

64] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

65] No man limps because another is hurt

66] The good intention excuses the bad action

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

68] A good wife makes a good husband

69] The fox may grow grey, but never good

70] Sooner begun, sooner done

71] Blood will have blood

72] It is the unexpected that always happens

73] Truth conquers all things

74] Desire beautifies what is ugly

75] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

76] You cannot unscramble eggs

77] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

78] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

79] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

80] Standing pools gather fifth

81] In haste is error

82] Bold resolution is the favourite of providence

83] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

84] He is an ill husband who is not missed

85] No sweet without sweat

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

87] After a storm comes a calm

88] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

89] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

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

91] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

92] First think, and then speak

93] You may have too much of a good thing

94] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

95] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

96] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

97] Excessive happiness produces pain

98] Money makes the man

99] Money is the sinews of war

100] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom