Famous Proverbs

1] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

2] Soft fire makes sweet malt

3] Might is right

4] Dogs bark as they are bred.

5] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

6] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

7] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

8] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

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

10] The hole calls the thief

11] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

12] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

13] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

14] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

15] A crowd is not company

16] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

17] Little pitchers have big ears.

18] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

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

20] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

21] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

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

23] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

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

25] That which proves too much proves nothing

26] A little learning is dangerous thing

27] If the cap fits, wear it

28] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

29] When in doubt, do nothing

30] Hunger breaks stone walls

31] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

32] Pardon makes offenders

33] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

34] They are rich who have true friends

35] Knowledge is power

36] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

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

38] He that is absent is soon forgotten

39] Some are wise and some are otherwise

40] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

41] He who leaps high must take a long run

42] Words fly, writings remain

43] Every Jack must have his Jill

44] None so blind as those who will not see

45] Soon hot, soon cold

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

47] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

48] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

49] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

50] What is a workman without his tools?

51] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

52] Two blacks do not make a white

53] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

54] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

55] From word to deed is a great space

56] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

57] Fortune favours fools

58] Trust not the many-minded populace

59] Ill news comes apace.

60] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

61] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

62] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

63] Homo is a common name to all men.

64] He is rich that has few wants

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

66] Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp

67] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

68] Men are blind in their own cause

69] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

70] A traveller may lie with authority

71] The fairest flowers soonest fade

72] A bad excuse is better than none at all

73] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

74] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

75] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

76] A good face is a letter of recommendation

77] Tigers and deer do not over.

78] All griefs with bread are less

79] Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage

80] The absent saint gets no candle

81] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

82] Corn him well and he will work better

83] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

84] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

85] Silence never makes mistakes

86] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

87] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

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

89] Too far east is west

90] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

91] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

92] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

93] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

94] Poverty does not hurt him who has not been rich before

95] He who comes late must eat what is left

96] Between two stools you fall to the ground

97] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

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

99] Money is the root of all evil

100] God arms the harmless