Famous Proverbs

1] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

2] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

3] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

4] Love will find a way

5] Misfortunes never come singly

6] Moderation in all things

7] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

8] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

9] Lovers are madmen

10] It is misery enough to have once been happy

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

12] Clothes do not make the man

13] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

14] All covet all lose.

15] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

16] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

17] Will is no skill

18] He would command must serve

19] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

20] A good marksman may miss

21] No cross, no crown

22] Best is cheapest

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

24] It is the first step that is troublesome

25] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

26] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

27] Cast not the first stone.

28] The best things come in small packages

29] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most

30] A crust is better than no bread.

31] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

32] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

33] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

34] Few words are best

35] First things first

36] Beauty is but skin-deep

37] Lend never that thing you needed most

38] Money is power

39] Never do things by halves

40] The dog is a lion in his own house

41] Bear and forbear

42] Safety lies in the middle course

43] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

44] Thrift is a great revenue

45] Don’t play with edged tools

46] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

47] Even a worm will turn

48] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

49] One is not smelt where all stink

50] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

51] The hand that gives, gathers

52] Second thoughts are best

53] A good conscience is a sure card

54] All things are possible with god

55] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

56] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

57] Covetousness breaks the sack

58] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

59] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

60] The company makes the feast

61] Give a loan and buy quarrel

62] Like father, like son

63] He who leaps high must take a long run

64] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

65] What is the mother of industry

66] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

67] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

68] One man’s means another man’s poison

69] Silence and thinking can no man offend

70] See how the wind blows

71] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

72] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

73] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

74] What is a workman without his tools?

75] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

76] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

77] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

78] No tie can oblige the perfidious

79] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

80] He who sows, trusts in God

81] There is many a true word spoken in jest

82] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

83] The devil is not as black as he is painted

84] Divide and rule

85] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

86] The early bird catches the worm

87] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

88] He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens

89] Better to be safe than sorry.

90] You are never too old to learn

91] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

92] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

93] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

94] Bad luck often brings good luck

95] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

96] Desert and reward seldom keep company

97] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

98] Good to begin well, better to end well.

99] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

100] While there is life, there is hope