Famous Proverbs

1] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

2] It is not work that kills but worry

3] Praise no man till he is dead.

4] One today is worth two tomorrows

5] Dirty linen should be washed at home

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

7] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

8] What is new cannot be true

9] A little help is worth a deal of pity

10] Silence gives (or means) consent

11] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

12] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

13] Give the devil his due

14] The value of money is having it.

15] One man sows and another reaps

16] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

17] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

18] You may know by a handful the whole sack

19] Love conquers all

20] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

21] Fools live poor to die rich

22] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

23] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

24] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

25] Excessive happiness produces pain

26] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

27] Slow help is no help

28] Rome was not built in a day

29] The best fish swim near the bottom

30] Tell a lie and stick to it.

31] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

32] Pitchers have ears

33] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

34] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

35] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

36] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

37] The best things are hard to come by.

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

39] The more wicked, the more lucky

40] The axe falls on a straight tree first

41] Money talks

42] Great hopes make great men

43] Enough is as good as a feast

44] White there’s life there’s hope

45] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

46] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

47] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

48] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

49] All are not saints that go to church

50] Misfortune does not always come to injure

51] Better say noting than no to the purpose

52] Her that is down need fear no fall

53] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

54] He that lends, gives

55] Discontent is the first step in progress

56] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

57] Corn him well and he will work better

58] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

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

60] Wine unveils the words of the heart

61] Beauty is but skin-deep

62] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

63] The mob has many heads but no brains

64] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

65] The slowest barker is the surest biter

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

67] He travels the fastest who travels alone

68] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

69] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

70] Never too late to late to repent

71] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

72] Love me, love the crows on my roof

73] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

74] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

75] Nature abhors a vacuum

76] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

77] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

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

79] A beggar can never be bankrupt

80] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

81] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

82] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

83] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

84] Rich folk have many friends

85] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

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

87] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale

88] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

89] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

90] Better a bare foot than none

91] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

92] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

93] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

94] Self-praise is no recommendation

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

96] No man is infallible

97] Ill news comes unsent for.

98] A friend is easier lost than found

99] He conquers who endures

100] A cheerful wife is the joy of life