Famous Proverbs

1] Don’t tell tales out of school

2] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

3] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

4] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

5] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

6] The Pen is mightier than the sword

7] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

8] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

9] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

10] Divide and rule

11] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

12] Call a spade a spade

13] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

14] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

15] A good name is sooner lost than won

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

17] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

18] No man is born wise or learned

19] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

20] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

21] Parents are patterns

22] Plain dealing is a jewel

23] Of three main roads, take the middle one

24] Variety takes away satiety

25] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

26] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

27] No hair so small but has his shadow

28] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

29] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

30] Wise men propose, and fools determine

31] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

32] When the melon is ripe, it will drop by itself

33] Youth will have its course.

34] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

35] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

36] Worse things happen at sea

37] Half an egg is better than empty shell

38] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

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

40] Like mistress, like maid

41] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

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

43] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

44] Good fame is better than a good face

45] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

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

47] Little by little and bit by bit.

48] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

49] The devil knows many things because he is old

50] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

51] Hasty work, double work,

52] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

53] We live laws, not by examples

54] Ignorance is the peace of life

55] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

56] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

57] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

58] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

59] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

60] In the land of hope there is never any winter

61] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

62] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

63] What cannot gold do?

64] Open confession is good for the soul

65] Dreams are lies

66] Six feet of earth make all men equal

67] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

68] Comparisons are odious

69] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

70] Praises fill not the belly

71] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

72] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

73] The longest night will have an end

74] He that hath a full purse never wanted (or lacked) a friend

75] Covetousness breaks the sack

76] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

77] Put out your tubs when it is raining

78] Fish begins to stink at the head

79] The ass that brays most eats

80] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

81] Advise none to marry or to go to war

82] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

83] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

84] A good marksman may miss

85] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

86] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

87] Goodness is better than beauty

88] Many a true word is spoken in jest

89] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

90] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

91] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

92] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

93] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

94] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

95] The worse luck now, the better another time

96] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

97] Of a new prince, new bondage

98] Union (or Unity) is strength

99] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

100] If you would be well served, serve yourself