Famous Proverbs

1] In haste is error

2] Double charge will rive a cannon

3] What will not money do?

4] The lion had need of the mouse

5] Things are seldom what they seem.

6] He that lends, gives

7] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

8] Appetite comes with eating

9] He who leaps high must take a long run

10] The exception proves the rule

11] Who greases his way travels easily

12] He that ventures not fails not.

13] Exchange is no robbery

14] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

15] Every Jack must have his Jill

16] Better to wear out than rust out

17] One needs a full stomach to keep the precepts

18] There is nothing that costs less than civility

19] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

20] The righteous man sins before an open chest

21] New brooms sweep clean

22] Think on the end before you begin

23] Gold will not buy everything

24] Two heads are better than one

25] Money has no smell

26] Will is the cause of woe

27] Delay is the antidote of anger

28] Empty vessels make the most sound

29] Better an egg in peace than an ox in war

30] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

31] Do as I say, not as I do

32] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

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

34] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

35] Success makes a fool seem wise.

36] He that ventures not fails not.

37] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

38] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

39] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

40] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

41] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

42] Even silence may be eloquent

43] Almost’ never killed a fly.

44] It will be the same a hundred years hence

45] Beauty opens locked doors

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

47] Every man is his own worst enemy

48] A woman’s work is never done

49] Nothing is so certain as death

50] A good friend is my nearest relation

51] A soft answer turns away wrath

52] There is nothing like being on the safe side

53] Life begins only in success

54] Little by little and bit by bit.

55] Too much money makes one mad

56] Never grieve for what you cannot help

57] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

58] Every man has his price

59] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

60] A wise man hears one word and understands two

61] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

62] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

63] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

64] Every man has his faults

65] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

66] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

67] The ass that brays most eats

68] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

69] Past cure, past care

70] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

71] A good heart conquers ill fortune

72] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

73] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

74] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

75] The more wicked, the more lucky

76] Lookers-on see more than players

77] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

78] Children and fools have merry lives

79] Never too late to repent

80] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

81] Life begins only in success

82] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

83] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

84] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

85] Take things as they come

86] Do as you would be done by

87] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

88] Standing pools gather fifth

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

90] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

91] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

92] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

93] Comparisons are odious

94] Nature will have her course

95] Empty vessels make the most noise

96] For a web begun, God sends the thread

97] It will be the same a hundred years hence

98] Covetousness breaks the sack

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

100] Patience is the remedy of the world