Famous Proverbs

1] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

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

3] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

4] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

5] Too far east is west

6] Error cannot be defended but by error

7] Better belly burst than good meat lost

8] When wine sinks, words swim

9] Give and take is fair play

10] A bad excuse is better than none at all

11] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

12] The eye is bigger than the belly

13] A good name is a rich heritage

14] All our pomp the earth covers

15] They are rich who have true friends

16] There’s no place like home

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

18] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

19] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

20] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

21] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

22] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

23] Things are seldom what they seem.

24] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

25] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

26] Time has wings

27] A change is as good as rest

28] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

29] Friendship should not be all on one

30] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

31] Great oaks from little acorns grow

32] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

33] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

34] Every shoe fits not every foot

35] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

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

37] Finger were made before forks, and hands before knives

38] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

39] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

40] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

41] The lion had need of the mouse

42] Everything in moderation.

43] He who begins many things, finishes but few

44] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

45] In peace, prepare for war

46] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

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

48] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

49] Discontent is the first step in progress

50] Asking costs little

51] A burnt child dreads the fire

52] Travel broadens the mind

53] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

54] Cut your coat according to your cloth

55] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

56] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

57] Every oak has been an acorn

58] A man in debt is caught in a net

59] God arms the harmless

60] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

61] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

62] Slow help is no help

63] He who demands does not command

64] Love can find a way

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

66] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

67] Stolen sweets are sweeter

68] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

69] He who comes late must eat what is left

70] Anger without power is folly

71] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

72] First thrive then wive

73] None can guess the jewel by the casket

74] Patience is a virtue

75] Honesty is the best policy

76] A good beginning makes a good ending.

77] A man in debt is caught in a net

78] Stolen goods never thrive

79] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

80] Even a worm will turn

81] He who serves is not free

82] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

83] The mean is the best

84] It is best to be on the safe side

85] There is honour among thieves

86] One fool praises another

87] When luck comes, who doesn’t; when luck doesn’t come, who does?

88] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

89] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

90] One reason is as good as fifty

91] A short cut is often a wrong cut

92] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

93] A golden key opens every door

94] A little too late, is much too late

95] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

96] At open doors, dogs come in

97] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

98] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

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

100] A closed mouth catches no files