Famous Proverbs

1] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

2] Tell the truth and shame the devil

3] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

4] There is a black sheep in every flock

5] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

6] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

7] The leopard cannot change its spots

8] He is lifeless that is faultless

9] Ill news comes often on the back of worse

10] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

11] The tongue stings

12] Do as say, not as I do

13] The young will sow their wild oats

14] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

15] Delay is the antidote of anger

16] A rich man’s joke is always funny

17] A man can die but once

18] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

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

20] An army marches on its stomach

21] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

22] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

23] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

24] Muck and money go together

25] There are more men threatened than stricken

26] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

27] If you would be well served, serve yourself

28] The unexpected always happens.

29] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

30] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

31] Still waters run deep

32] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

33] Never judge from appearances

34] He who serves is not free

35] The first step is the only difficulty

36] Where there is no trust there is no love

37] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

38] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

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

40] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

41] Cowards die many times before their deaths

42] Creditors have better memories than debtors

43] A good husband makes a good wife

44] Better an apple given than eaten

45] One barber shaves another gratis

46] You must grin and bear it

47] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

48] There is none misfortune cannot reach

49] Fish begins to stink at the head

50] What cannot gold do?

51] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

52] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

53] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

54] Names and natures do often agree

55] A crust is better than no bread.

56] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

57] The goat must browse where she is tied

58] An honest good look covers many faults.

59] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

60] Desires are nourished by delays

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

62] He who comes first, grinds first.

63] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

64] Who suffers much is silent

65] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

66] Gold may be bought too dear

67] There is no tree but bears some fruit

68] Hitch your wagon to a star

69] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

70] Live not to eat, but eat to live

71] All must be as God will

72] There is a great difference between words and deeds

73] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

74] Good clothes open all doors

75] A heavy purse makes a light heart

76] He who envies admits his inferiority

77] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

78] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

79] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

80] How ever much you learn, you won’t know how to raise the dead

81] He that blows best, bears away the horn

82] A little learning is dangerous thing

83] Nothing is so certain as death

84] Business is business

85] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

86] Great hopes make great men

87] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

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

89] Better belly burst than good meat lost

90] Woes unite foes

91] Ale will make a cat speak

92] Better be born lucky than wise.

93] Every man has his price

94] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

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

96] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

97] A bad workman always blames his tools

98] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

99] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

100] Soon hot, soon cold