Famous Proverbs

1] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

2] A goose drinks as much as gander

3] A good face is a letter of recommendation

4] A good tongue is a good weapon

5] Where there is no might, right loses itself

6] In everything consider the end

7] Extremes are dangerous

8] All griefs with bread are less

9] A little too late, is much too late

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

11] You may have too much of a good thing

12] All things are possible with god

13] New meat begets a new appetite

14] Grief pent up will break the heart

15] Practice is the science that gives confidence

16] The physician who praises himself has no good medicine

17] The first step is the hardest

18] You cannot make a crab walk straight

19] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

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

21] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

22] God comes at last when think he is farthest off

23] The early bird catches the worm

24] III counsel mars all

25] Penny and penny laid up will be many

26] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

27] She’s her father’s (or mother’s) daughter

28] None but the brave deserves the fair

29] He that burns most, shines most

30] Ignorance is the peace of life

31] Learn to walk before you run

32] It’s a long lane that has no turning

33] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

34] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

35] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

36] First come, first served

37] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

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

39] All things are easy, that are done willingly

40] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

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

42] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

43] A constant guest is never welcome

44] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

45] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

46] Far from eye, far from heart

47] Many a true word is spoken in jest

48] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

49] Nothing is given so freely as advice

50] Lavishness is not generosity

51] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

52] Success has many friends

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

54] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

55] Silence gives (or means) consent

56] A door must be either shut or open

57] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

58] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

59] There are more ways to the wood than one.

60] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

61] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

62] Praise no man till he is dead.

63] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

64] Repentance comes too late

65] Custom makes all things easy

66] A good heart conquers ill fortune

67] Walls have ears

68] Step by step the ladder is ascended

69] Extremity of right is wrong

70] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

71] We live laws, not by examples

72] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

73] A good lather is half the shave

74] A good name is a rich heritage

75] The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man

76] A cat has nine lives

77] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

78] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

79] Help a lame dog over a stile

80] Success has many friends

81] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

82] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

83] He who hesitates is lost

84] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

85] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

86] Better to ask the way than go astray.

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

88] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

89] Children should be seen and not heard

90] Money is the sinews of war

91] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

92] No garden without its weeds.

93] Don’t play with fire

94] Men are known by the company they keep.

95] Manners and money make a gentleman

96] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

97] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

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

99] Keep some till further more come

100] Variety is the spice of life