Famous Proverbs

1] A wicked man is his own hell

2] He that can stay. Obtains

3] A bribe will enter without knocking

4] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

5] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

6] As you brew, so shall you drink.

7] Hard cases make bad law

8] We are all Adam’s children

9] Gold will not buy everything

10] In peace, prepare for war

11] An evil life is a kind of death.

12] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

13] There is many a fair thing full false

14] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

15] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

16] A door must be either shut or open

17] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

18] Where there are reeds, there is water

19] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

20] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

21] Children speak only words they have heard.

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

23] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

24] The longest night will have an end

25] The ant had wings to her hurt

26] I may not have tasted their flesh but I’ve seen enough to know how pigs walk

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

28] Weapons breed peace

29] Time has wings

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

31] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

32] Muck and money go together

33] Revenge never repairs an injury

34] Familiarity breeds contempt

35] Open confession is good for the soul

36] Travel broadens the mind

37] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

38] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

39] A fool believes everything

40] In my own house, I am king

41] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

42] Best is cheapest

43] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

44] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

45] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

46] Misery loves company.

47] He that lends, gives

48] He knows most who speaks least

49] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

50] Weapons breed peace

51] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

52] The king can do no wrong

53] Fools rejoice at promises

54] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

55] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

56] Eat to live and not live to eat.

57] He travels the fastest who travels alone

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

59] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

60] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

61] The devil is not as black as he is painted

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

63] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

64] Garbage in, garbage out

65] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

66] A good face is a letter of recommendation

67] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

68] Custom reconciles us to everything

69] Learning is the eye of the mind

70] Many eyes upon the king

71] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

72] A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend

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

74] Good is good but better carries it

75] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

76] Youth and age will never agree

77] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

78] The best fish swim near the bottom

79] Every path has a puddle

80] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

81] Of evil manners, spring good laws

82] He that has good money, gives few alms

83] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

84] No pain, no cure

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

86] Half a word is enough for a wise man

87] A good word stills great anger

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

89] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

90] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

91] One sheep follows another

92] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

93] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

94] At a good bargain thinks twice

95] Much meat, much malady

96] Let like mate with like

97] He is a fool who makes his physician his heir

98] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

99] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

100] From word to deed is a great space