Famous Proverbs

1] Evil to him who evil thinks.

2] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

3] Nature is the true law

4] Give the devil his due

5] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

6] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

7] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

8] All that glitters is not gold

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

10] Gluttony kills more than the sword

11] None but the brave deserves the fair

12] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

13] Dirty linen should be washed at home

14] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

15] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

16] Man proposes, God disposes

17] Habit is second nature

18] Ill luck is good for something

19] Don’t kick against the pricks

20] We live by laws, not by examples

21] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

22] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

23] Things are seldom what they seem.

24] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

25] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

26] Man punishes the action but God the intention

27] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

28] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

29] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

30] Morning dreams come true

31] Years know more than books

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

33] The hand that gives, gathers

34] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

35] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

36] The wish is father to the thought

37] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

38] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

39] Change brings life

40] A good wife is a good prize

41] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

42] It is equally an error to trust all men or no man

43] The early bird catches the worm

44] Many a true word is spoken in jest

45] An Englishman’s home is his castle

46] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

47] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

48] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

49] Life begins only in success

50] The thing which is rare is dear

51] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

52] First things first

53] If you don’t have good weapons, it is better for you to submit

54] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

55] He who hesitates is lost

56] First impressions are the most lasting

57] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

58] Without luck, it is better not to be born

59] Fools live poor to die rich

60] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

61] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

62] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

63] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

64] Friends are thieves of time

65] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

66] A good dog deserves a good bone

67] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

68] Two heads are better than one

69] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

70] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

71] First come, first served

72] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

73] Too much curiosity lost paradise

74] Never too late to late to repent

75] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

76] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

77] A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

79] No feast lasts forever.

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

81] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

82] Example, is better than precept

83] Every bean has its black

84] Be still and have thy will

85] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

86] All heiresses are beautiful.

87] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

88] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

89] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

90] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

91] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

92] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

93] The Pen is mightier than the sword

94] If you play with fire you get burnt

95] Every cloud has a silver lining

96] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

97] God made the country ,and man made the town

98] Every man praises his own wares

99] Virtue is its own reward

100] Many dishes make many diseases