Famous Proverbs

1] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

2] The first step is the hardest

3] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

4] One cannot love and be wise

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

6] Hasty work, double work,

7] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

8] As you bake, so shall you eat.

9] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

10] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

11] One thief will not rob another

12] All is fair in love and war

13] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

14] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

15] To err is human

16] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

17] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

18] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

19] The envious man shall never want woe

20] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

21] None so busy as those who do nothing.

22] A good friend is my nearest relation

23] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

24] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

25] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

26] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

27] All things for not all persons

28] He who comes late must eat what is left

29] Why does one man’s yawning make another yawn?

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

31] One potter envies another

32] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

33] He knows the water best who has waded through it

34] The early bird catches the worm

35] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

36] A traveller may lie with authority

37] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

38] A penny saved is a penny gained

39] Better eye sore than al blind

40] Every path has a puddle

41] Every why has a wherefore

42] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

43] What may be done at any time is done at no time

44] Money has no smell

45] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

46] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

47] You may have too much of a good thing

48] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

49] He that brings good news, knocks hard

50] It is ill striving against the stream

51] No man is wise at all times

52] Procrastination is the thief of time

53] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

54] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

55] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

56] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

57] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

58] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

59] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

60] All cats are grey in the dark

61] Divide and rule

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

63] What’s in a name?

64] No man is born wise or learned

65] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

66] Everyone to his taste

67] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

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

69] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

70] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

71] A little impatience will spoil great plans

72] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

73] Some are wise and some are otherwise

74] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

75] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

76] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

77] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice

78] A good Conscience is the best divinity

79] The righteous man sins before an open chest

80] What’s in a name?

81] Small is the seed of every greatness

82] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

83] What is money to a cat?

84] As you brew, so shall you drink.

85] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

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

87] No sweet without sweat

88] When in doubt, do nothing

89] Example is better than precept

90] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

91] Waste is not grandeur

92] Handsome is as handsome does

93] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

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

95] Better a bare foot than none

96] A light purse makes a heavy heart

97] A good wife makes a good husband

98] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

99] Tomorrow never comes

100] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives