Famous Proverbs

1] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

2] He that has an ill name is half hanged

3] A good paymaster needs no surety

4] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

5] The golden age was never the present age

6] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

7] It is the first step that is troublesome

8] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

9] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden

10] He who envies admits his inferiority

11] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

12] Erring is not heating

13] Great gain makes easy work

14] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

15] Tomorrow is another day

16] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

17] The proud will sooner lose than ask the way

18] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

19] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

20] A man in debt is caught in a net

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

22] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

23] Bare walls make giddy housewives

24] What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own

25] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

26] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

27] The exception proves the rule

28] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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

30] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

31] He who considers too much will perform little.

32] Honour is the reward of virtue

33] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

34] We live by laws, not by examples

35] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

36] Time has wings

37] Without diligence, no prize

38] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

39] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

40] Laugh and grow fat

41] Never do things by halves

42] Many drops make a shower

43] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

44] Share and share alike

45] Step by step the ladder is ascended

46] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

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

48] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

49] So many countries, so many customs

50] Frugality is the mother of virtue

51] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

52] Dogs bark as they are bred.

53] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

54] Once bitten, twice shy.

55] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

56] A good conscience is a constant feast

57] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

58] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

59] The rich knows not who is his friend

60] If you play with fire you get burnt

61] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

62] Hard cases make bad law

63] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

64] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

65] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

66] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

67] The tailor makes the man

68] He would command must serve

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

70] The slowest barker is the surest biter

71] Train the child in the way he should go.

72] Nothing is so certain as death

73] It is easy to be wise after the event

74] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

75] As you bake, so shall you eat.

76] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

77] Children and chickens must be always picking

78] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

79] He is lifeless that is faultless

80] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

81] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

82] Many eyes upon the king

83] Strike while the iron is hot

84] That which is easily done is soon believed

85] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

86] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

87] Wiles help weak folk

88] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

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

90] Health is not value till sickness comes

91] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

92] Travel broadens the mind

93] Easy come, easy go

94] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

95] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

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

97] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

98] Work smart; don’t work hard

99] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

100] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him