Famous Proverbs

1] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

2] Ambition loses many a man

3] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

4] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

5] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

6] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

7] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

8] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

9] Big words seldom go with good deeds

10] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

11] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

12] Valour delights in the test

13] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

14] A strong town is not won in an hour

15] The fox may grow grey, but never good

16] Conscience does make cowards of us all

17] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

18] Woes unite foes

19] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

20] The belly carries the legs

21] Money talks

22] Discretion is the better part of valour

23] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

24] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

25] Love conquers all

26] All good things must come to an end

27] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

28] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

29] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

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

31] He who hesitates is lost

32] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

33] There is nothing permanent except change

34] Bad excuses are worse than none.

35] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

36] A fool always rushes to the fore.

37] Beware of him who makes thee presents

38] Her that is down need fear no fall

39] Now is now, and then was then

40] Revenge never repairs an injury

41] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

42] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

43] He who does no good, does evil enough

44] All cats are grey in the dark

45] Nature abhors a vacuum

46] Many dishes make many diseases

47] The best of friends must part

48] No road is long with good company

49] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

50] Kingdoms divided soon fall

51] What is word but wind?

52] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

53] What can’t be cured must be endured

54] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

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

56] He that promises too much means nothing

57] Waste makes wants

58] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

59] Never spur a willing horse

60] The thread breaks where it is weakest

61] The worse luck now, the better another time

62] Shrouds have no pockets

63] A little help is worth a deal of pity

64] Prevention is better than cure

65] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

66] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

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

68] Dreams go by contraries

69] The slowest barker is the surest biter

70] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

71] Love and business teach eloquence

72] None can guess the jewel by the casket

73] There are two sides to every question

74] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

75] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

76] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

77] Experience must be bought

78] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

79] Weak things united become strong

80] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

81] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

82] Beggars must not be choosers

83] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

84] Men are blind in their own cause

85] A beggar can never be bankrupt

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

87] Poverty parts friendship

88] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

89] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

90] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

91] The good die young.

92] By falling we learn to go safely

93] Words bind men

94] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

95] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

96] An evil life is a kind of death.

97] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

98] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration

99] A good paymaster needs no surety

100] He that has no money needs no purse