Famous Proverbs

1] Where god will help, nothing does harm

2] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

3] The word is far him who has patience

4] New things are fair

5] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

6] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

7] Make haste slowly

8] What must be must be

9] Boys will be boys

10] Rats know the ways of rats

11] Exchange is no robbery

12] Union is strength.

13] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

14] Crust is better than no bread

15] One father is more than a hundred school masters

16] Keep something for a rainy day

17] Nature hates all sudden changes

18] Pleasant hours fly past

19] Go not to hell for company

20] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

21] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

22] Patience is a plaster for all sores

23] Gifts blind the eyes.

24] Content is better than riches

25] One good turn deserves another

26] Often and little eating makes a man fat

27] What cannot gold do?

28] Good words are worth much and cost little

29] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

30] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

31] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

32] There is no redemption from hell

33] Out of sight, out of mind

34] The hand that gives, gathers

35] Dirty linen should be washed at home

36] It is easy to be wise after the event

37] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

38] No honest man ever repented his honesty

39] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

40] A living dog is better than a dead lion

41] Saying is one thing, and doing another

42] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

43] God makes the back for the burden

44] Like will to like

45] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

46] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

47] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

48] The rich knows not who is his friend

49] He that ventures not fails not.

50] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

51] Nothing crave, nothing have

52] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

53] God helps those who help themselves

54] He who considers too much will perform little.

55] The borrower is servant to the lender

56] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

57] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

58] An old man’s sayings are seldom untrue

59] Once a use and ever a custom

60] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

61] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

62] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

63] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

64] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

65] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

66] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

67] How forceful are right words

68] A good heart conquers ill fortune

69] Do as most men do, then most men well speak well of you

70] Kind hearts are more than coronets

71] There is no time like the present

72] The unexpected always happens.

73] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

74] No misfortune will go on forever

75] New things are fair

76] Borrowed garments never fit well

77] The thing which is rare is dear

78] Wedlock is padlock

79] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

80] Everything in moderation.

81] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

82] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

83] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

84] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

85] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

86] He has not lost all who has one cast left

87] The first step is the hardest

88] Work expands so as to fill the time available

89] Have two strings to your bow

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

91] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

92] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

93] A good face is a letter of recommendation

94] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

95] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

96] Be just before you are generous

97] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

98] Threatened folk live long

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

100] Care is no cure