Famous Proverbs

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

2] A good paymaster needs no surety

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

4] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

5] He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox

6] Do it now

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

8] Time has wings

9] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

10] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

11] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

12] Great minds think alike

13] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

14] God’ s mill grids slow but sure

15] Good fences make good neighbours

16] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

17] What can’t be cured must be endured

18] While there is life, there is hope

19] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

20] The lion had need of the mouse

21] Do unto others as they should do unto you

22] Help a lame dog over a stile

23] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

24] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

25] All truths are not to be told

26] Dreams are lies

27] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

28] Her that is down need fear no fall

29] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

30] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

31] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

32] Loyalty is worth more than money

33] Man does what he can, and God what he will

34] Health and money go far

35] Better the last smile than the first laugh

36] Hard cases make bad law

37] Penny wise, pound foolish

38] Love delights in praise

39] A cat has nine lives

40] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

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

42] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

43] A man can die but once

44] A bully is always a coward

45] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

46] Health and wealth create beauty

47] Fine words dress ill deeds

48] Love is without reason

49] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

50] The exception proves the rule

51] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

52] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

53] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

54] Either mend or end

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

56] She’s her father’s (or mother’s) daughter

57] Spend and be free, but make no waste

58] Don’t meet trouble half-way

59] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

60] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

61] If today will not, tomorrow may

62] Fools grow without watering.

63] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

64] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

65] Everything must have a beginning

66] All roads lead to Rome

67] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

68] Affection blinds reason

69] Make the best of a bad bargain

70] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

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

72] Think of ease, but work on.

73] Liars should have good memories

74] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

75] One good deed makes up for a thousand bad ones.

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

77] Do not kick against the pricks

78] All’s fair in love and war

79] The Pen is mightier than the sword

80] There is no blindness like ignorance

81] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

82] Look on the bright side

83] Extremity of right is wrong

84] Experience must be bought

85] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

86] Everything is good in its season

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

88] Let not the sun do down on your wrath

89] One cannot love and be wise

90] In the end, things will mend

91] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

92] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

93] As you bake, so shall you eat.

94] Nothing crave, nothing have

95] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

96] The owl thinks her own young fairest

97] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

98] Intimacy lessens fame

99] Even water has its ebb and flow

100] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.