Famous Proverbs

1] Two blacks do not make a white

2] Give and spend, and God will send

3] All is vanity.

4] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

5] Innocence is no protection

6] Pitchers have ears

7] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

8] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

9] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

10] It is ill jesting with edged tools

11] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

12] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

13] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

14] The falling drops hollow the stone

15] When in doubt, do nothing

16] Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

17] No man can serve two masters

18] Let sleeping dogs lie

19] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

20] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

21] Crust is better than no bread

22] Marriage makes or mars a man

23] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

24] Do as I say, not as I do

25] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

26] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

27] A golden key opens every door

28] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

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

30] Novelty always appears handsome

31] Money makes the man

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

33] Many words, many buffets

34] Every shoe fits not every foot

35] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

36] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

37] He who owes is in all the wrong

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

39] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

40] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

41] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

42] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

43] Seek and you shall find

44] Full of courtesy, full of craft

45] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

46] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

47] The hand that gives, gathers

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

49] The cobbler should stick to his last

50] Beware of no man more than himself

51] Better be safe than sorry

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

53] Do not limp before the lame

54] Patience surpasses learning

55] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

56] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

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

58] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

59] Every flow must have its ebb

60] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

61] A gift much expected is paid, not given

62] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

63] There is no fool like an old fool

64] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

65] Example is better than precept

66] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

67] Life begins only in success

68] Whatever man has done, man can do

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

70] A heavy purse makes a light heart

71] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

72] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

73] Virtue carries a lean purse

74] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

75] All heiresses are beautiful.

76] Everything new is fine

77] It is easy to be wise after the event

78] Money can influence even the spirits

79] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

80] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

81] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

82] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

83] One fool praises another

84] Expectation is better than realisation

85] He that has a wife, has strife

86] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

87] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

88] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

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

90] There’s a black sheep in every flock

91] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

92] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

93] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

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

95] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

96] Seeing is believing

97] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

98] In the land of hope there is never any winter

99] Divide and rule

100] There’s small choice in rotten apples.