Famous Proverbs

1] Go not to hell for company

2] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

3] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

4] Misery loves company.

5] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

6] A man may bear till his back breaks

7] Diligence is the mother of good luck

8] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

9] Wink at small faults

10] Garbage in, garbage out

11] A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse

12] All things are easy, that are done willingly

13] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

14] If the cap fits, wear it

15] Lavishness is not generosity

16] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

17] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

18] Penny wise, pound foolish

19] A bully is always a coward

20] A good husband makes a good wife

21] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

22] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

23] Tigers and deer do not over.

24] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

25] By falling we learn to go safely

26] Covetousness breaks the sack

27] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

28] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

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

30] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

31] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

32] Money makes the man

33] An evil life is a kind of death.

34] Delays are not denials

35] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

36] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

37] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

38] He that can stay. Obtains

39] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

40] Every advantage has its disadvantage

41] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

42] Where there’s a will there’s a way

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

44] An army marches on its stomach

45] We are all Adam’s children

46] You may have too much of a good thing

47] He that is absent is soon forgotten

48] It is useless to flog a dead horse

49] Four eyes see more than two

50] Pardon makes offenders

51] Learn to walk before you run

52] The fairest flowers soonest fade

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

54] Accidents will happen

55] A good beginning makes a good ending.

56] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

57] Almost’ never killed a fly.

58] If you pile up enough sand, you make a pagoda

59] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

60] An old man’s sayings are seldom untrue

61] Names are debts

62] Wisdom is better than strength

63] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

64] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

65] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

66] Wiles help weak folk

67] Curiosity killed the cat.

68] New meat begets a new appetite

69] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

70] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

71] Quickly come, quickly go

72] Enough is enough

73] He that travels far knows much

74] A miss is as good as a mile

75] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

76] White there’s life there’s hope

77] One cannot put back the clock

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

79] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

80] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

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

82] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

83] First thrive then wive

84] Ambition makes people diligent

85] You never know your luck

86] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

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

88] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

89] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

90] All things are easy, that are done willingly

91] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

92] Confess and be hanged

93] No good building without a good foundation.

94] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

95] Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

96] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

97] Of one ill come many

98] Every oak has been an acorn

99] A good tongue is a good weapon

100] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs