Famous Proverbs

1] It is the first step that is troublesome

2] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

3] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

4] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

5] Do unto others as they should do unto you

6] True doctrines require no miracles

7] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

8] Leave well alone

9] He who comes first, grinds first.

10] The best things in life are free

11] The best things come in small packages

12] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.

13] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

14] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

15] Where there’s muck, there’s money

16] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

17] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

18] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

19] Silence gives (or means) consent

20] Years know more than books

21] Rich folk have many friends

22] None but the brave deserves the fair

23] There is many a true word spoken in jest

24] Half an egg is better than empty shell

25] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

26] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

27] Don’t cry for the moon

28] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

29] Better the foot slip than the tongue

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

31] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

32] All are not saints that go to church

33] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

34] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

35] All’s well that ends well

36] Too far east is west

37] Fish begins to stink at the head

38] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

39] Health is better than wealth

40] East or west, home is best

41] The greatest talkers are the least doers

42] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

43] The tongue talks at the heads cost

44] Every medal has two sides

45] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

46] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

47] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

48] Beauty is but skin-deep

49] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

50] Great hopes make great men

51] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

52] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

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

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

55] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

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

57] A man’s mother is his other God

58] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

59] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

60] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

61] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

62] He that speaks well, flights well

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

64] Quickly come, quickly go

65] Don’t cry stinking fish

66] Custom makes all things easy

67] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

68] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

69] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

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

71] The garment worn determines how one is served

72] Birds of a feather flock together

73] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

74] Rome was not built in a day

75] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

76] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

77] No man can serve two masters

78] Jesters do oft prove prophets

79] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

80] A door must be either shut or open

81] Spread the table, and contention will cease

82] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

83] A miss is as good as a mile

84] Fools grow without watering.

85] Sweet are the uses of adversity

86] One swallow does not make a summer

87] Rome was not (or cannot be) built in a day

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

89] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

90] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

91] They brag most who can do least

92] Better the foot slip than the tongue

93] A little body often harbours a great soul

94] Not even Hercules could contend against two

95] Don’t try to run before you walk

96] Manners and money make a gentleman

97] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

98] It is not work that kills but worry

99] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

100] Call a spade a spade