Famous Proverbs

1] Live and let live

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

3] Take heed is a fair thing

4] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

5] Everything in moderation.

6] He gives twice who gives quickly

7] Adam’s ale is the best brew

8] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

9] Affection blinds reason

10] Judge not of men and things at first sight

11] Men do more things through habit than reason

12] Bad excuses are worse than none.

13] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

14] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

15] Wise men propose, and fools determine

16] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

17] Many a little makes a mickle

18] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

19] In everything consider the end

20] Extremes meet

21] A traveller may lie with authority

22] There is no blindness like ignorance

23] Big words seldom go with good deeds

24] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

25] He mediates revenge who least complains.

26] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

27] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

28] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

29] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

30] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

31] A fool always rushes to the fore.

32] Almost’ never killed a fly.

33] Threatened folk live long

34] Misfortune arrives on horseback but departs on foot

35] We shall lie all alike in our graves

36] Small is the seed of every greatness

37] Prospect is often better than possession

38] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

39] A rich miser is poorer than a poor man

40] Travel broadens the mind

41] You never know your luck

42] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

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

44] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

45] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

46] The fairest silk is soonest stained

47] Findings are keepings

48] Of the ten fingers, some are long and some are short.

49] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

50] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

51] Poor men’s words have little weight

52] Waste not, want not

53] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

54] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

55] Too much cunning undoes

56] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

57] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

58] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

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

60] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

61] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

62] One must howl with the wolves

63] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

64] Don’t cry for the moon

65] Wedlock is padlock

66] A rich man can do nothing wrong

67] No pains, no gains

68] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

69] Virtue carries a lean purse

70] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

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

72] A good paymaster never wants workmen

73] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

74] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

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

76] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

77] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

78] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

79] Take time by the forelock

80] As you brew, so shall you drink.

81] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

82] Safety lies in the middle course

83] A monk can’t shave his own head

84] Parents are patterns

85] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

86] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

87] Don’t play with edged tools

88] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

89] Too much curiosity lost paradise

90] Blood will have blood

91] New brooms sweep clean

92] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

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

94] A word to the wise is enough

95] A good dog deserves a good bone

96] Misery loves company.

97] All’s fish that comes to the net

98] Learn to walk before you run

99] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

100] Practice what you preach