Famous Proverbs

1] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

2] Our own opinion is never wrong

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

4] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

5] Don’t cry before you are hurt

6] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

7] Once a knave, always a knave

8] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

9] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

10] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

11] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

12] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

13] New lords, new laws

14] Little by little and bit by bit.

15] Great barkers are no biters

16] He who comes late must eat what is left

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

18] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

19] Remember, you are but a man

20] Gifts blind the eyes.

21] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda

22] Death is the grand leveler

23] Pitchers have ears

24] Once a knave, always a knave

25] No man is a hero to his valet

26] The bull must be taken by the horns

27] A good payer is master of another’s purse

28] Every dog has his (its) day

29] The game is not worth the candle

30] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

31] All cats are grey in the dark

32] In doing we learn.

33] Grief pent up will break the heart

34] A learned man has always riches in himself

35] Art improves Nature

36] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

37] A true friend is forever a friend

38] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

39] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

40] No honest man ever repented his honesty

41] A good Conscience is the best divinity

42] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

43] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

44] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

45] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

46] One sheep follows another

47] Wrong has no warrant

48] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

49] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

50] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

51] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

52] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

53] Hard cases make bad law

54] Dumb men get no lands

55] It is ill jesting with edged tools

56] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

57] One man’s loss is another’s gain

58] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

59] A good face is a letter of recommendation

60] You cannot make a crab walk straight

61] God’s help is better than the early rising

62] Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

63] Dying is as natural as living

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

65] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

66] One must howl with the wolves

67] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

68] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

69] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

70] Dying men speak true

71] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

72] Laugh and grow fat

73] Tomorrow is another day

74] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

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

76] There is many a fair thing full false

77] Years know more than books

78] Too many cooks spoil the broth

79] What costs little is little esteemed

80] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

81] There is no fool like an old fool

82] All griefs with bread are less

83] Fish and guests smell in three days

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

85] A knave and a fool never take thought

86] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

87] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

88] Nature is content with little.

89] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

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

91] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

92] The lion had need of the mouse

93] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

94] Forewarned is forearmed

95] Better belly burst than good meat lost

96] Let the buyer beware

97] Abundance, like want, ruins many

98] It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

99] Much science, much sorrow

100] There is no tree but bears some fruit