Famous Proverbs

1] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

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

3] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

4] He that ventures not fails not.

5] A good tongue is a good weapon

6] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

7] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

8] No man is wise at all times

9] Early sow, early mow

10] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

11] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

12] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

13] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

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

15] Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter

16] Wishes can never fill a sack

17] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

18] An old dog barks not in vain

19] The word is far him who has patience

20] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

21] When bees area old, they yield n honey

22] A good dog deserves a good bone

23] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

24] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

25] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

26] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

27] The fox may grow grey, but never good

28] The last drop makes the cup run over

29] There is death in the pot.

30] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

31] A true friend is forever a friend

32] Nature does nothing in vain

33] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

34] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

35] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

36] Spare the rod and spoil the child

37] All things for not all persons

38] What will not money do?

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

40] An honest good look covers many faults.

41] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

42] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

43] Beauty is but skin-deep

44] What is worth doing is worth doing well

45] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

46] Enough is enough

47] Everything is good in its season

48] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

49] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

50] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

51] After a storm comes a calm

52] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

53] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

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

55] Honest is the best policy

56] Good ware makes quick market

57] Corn him well and he will work better

58] Names and natures do often agree

59] Experience is the best teacher

60] He is lifeless that is faultless

61] A true man and a thief think not the same

62] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

63] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

64] A fool and his money are soon parted

65] Bad news travels fast

66] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

67] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

68] Look on the bright side

69] Great actions speak minds

70] Better to be safe than sorry.

71] Far from eye, far from heart

72] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

73] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

74] New brooms sweep clean

75] So many countries, so many customs

76] A little impatience will spoil great plans

77] Better belly burst than good meat lost

78] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

79] When wine sinks, words swim

80] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

81] Let not your tongue run at rover

82] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

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

84] Discontent is the first step in progress

85] He conquers who endures

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

87] Man proposes, God disposes

88] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

89] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

90] Necessity is mother of invention

91] He who leaps high must take a long run

92] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

93] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

94] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

95] Words are but wind

96] A good beginning makes a good ending.

97] Little pitchers have big ears.

98] Words and feathers the wind carries away

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

100] Coming events cast their shadows before