Famous Proverbs

1] Nothing comes from nothing

2] New brooms sweep clean

3] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

4] Idle folks have the least leisure

5] Where god will help, nothing does harm

6] Jesters do oft prove prophets

7] The pen is the tongue of the hand

8] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

9] The axe falls on a straight tree first

10] The unexpected always happens.

11] Sow thin and mow thin

12] Necessity knows no law

13] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

14] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

15] Weak things united become strong

16] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

17] Better be born lucky than wise.

18] Will is the cause of woe

19] Every man to his trade.

20] Nearest the heart comes out first

21] Anything will fit a naked man.

22] Slow and steady wins the race

23] Procrastination is the thief of time

24] When the cat is away, the mice will play

25] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

26] Kingdoms divided soon fall

27] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

28] At open doors, dogs come in

29] The physician who praises himself has no good medicine

30] Better beg than steal.

31] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

32] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

33] Mirth is the sugar of life

34] All meat No dish pleases all palates alike pleases not all mouths

35] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

36] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

37] It is not work that kills but worry

38] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

39] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

40] The devil looks after his own

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

42] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

43] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

44] Too much cunning undoes

45] What is worse than ill luck?

46] Fool’s haste is no speed

47] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

48] A fool and his money are soon parted

49] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

50] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

51] The longest day must have an end

52] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

53] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

54] Money can influence even the spirits

55] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

56] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

57] Death keeps no calendar

58] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

59] Eat to live and not live to eat.

60] If you would be well served, serve yourself

61] Work smart; don’t work hard

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

63] Save your breath to cool the porridge

64] What is a workman without his tools?

65] Common fame is seldom to blame

66] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

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

68] New meat begets a new appetite

69] The best fish swim near the bottom

70] A traveller may lie with authority

71] Of a new prince, new bondage

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

73] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

74] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

75] A bribe will enter without knocking

76] Good fame is better than a good face

77] One is never too old to learn

78] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

79] Better ask the way than go astray

80] All good things must come to an end

81] Bear with evil and expect good

82] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

83] What will not money do?

84] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

85] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

86] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

87] He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

88] The last drop makes the cup run over

89] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

90] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

91] Fortune favours fools

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

93] He that has an ill name is half hanged

94] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

95] Without luck, it is better not to be born

96] Too many cooks spoil the broth

97] You can’t tell a book by its cover

98] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

99] Poverty is not a crime

100] Wash your dirty linen at home