Famous Proverbs

1] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

2] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

3] Good to begin well, better to end well.

4] A good name is a rich heritage

5] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

6] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

7] Example is the greatest of all seducers

8] Ill news comes apace.

9] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

10] It costs more to do ill than to do well

11] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

12] The grace of God enough

13] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

14] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

15] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

16] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

17] One man’s means another man’s poison

18] He is wise who looks ahead

19] Two wrongs do not make a right

20] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

21] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

22] Tigers and deer do not over.

23] Wisdom is better than strength

24] Wise men are caught in wiles

25] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

26] Let us do evil that good may come

27] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

28] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

29] Children learn to creep ere they can go

30] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

31] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

32] Needs must when the evil drives

33] The hand that gives, gathers

34] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

35] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

36] Lookers-on see more than players

37] Too much curiosity lost paradise

38] He who considers too much will perform little.

39] A good drink makes the old young

40] Fine feathers make fine birds.

41] As long lives a merry man as a sad

42] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

43] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

44] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

45] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

46] Let not your tongue run at rover

47] Experience is the mother of wisdom

48] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

49] Do not limp before the lame

50] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

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

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

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

54] You may have too much of a good thing

55] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

56] Don’t cry before you are hurt

57] A man in debt is caught in a net

58] Pleasant hours fly past

59] Like mother, like daughter

60] You may know by a handful the whole sack

61] His bark is worse than his bite

62] Go while the going is good

63] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares

64] Sweet are the uses of adversity

65] The more you have the more you want

66] Beauty fades like a flower.

67] Like father, like son

68] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

69] Silence never makes mistakes

70] You can’t win them all

71] Bold resolution is the favourite of providence

72] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

73] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

74] Lucky men need no counsel

75] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

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

77] He that eats well should do his duty well

78] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

79] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

80] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

81] The more you get, the more you want

82] Weapons breed peace

83] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

84] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

85] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

86] A living dog is better than a dead lion

87] Hunger is the best sauce

88] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

89] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

90] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

91] Everything comes to him who waits

92] There is none misfortune cannot reach

93] Give yourself a pinch, and you will know how a pinch must hurt others

94] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

95] Keep some till further more come

96] It is best to be on the safe side

97] The first step is the only difficulty

98] Take the will for the deed

99] A rich man can do nothing wrong

100] It is more pain to do nothing than something