Famous Proverbs

1] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

2] Valour delights in the test

3] What may be done at any time is done at no time

4] Hear twice before you speak once

5] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

6] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

7] Wake not a sleeping lion

8] Actions speak louder than words

9] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

10] A good lather is half the shave

11] He that is down need fear no fall

12] None so busy as those who do nothing.

13] He that is absent is soon forgotten

14] The first step is the hardest

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

16] Every dog is a lion at home

17] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

18] It is the unexpected that always happens

19] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

20] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

21] Help a lame dog over a stile

22] Asking costs little

23] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

24] Desire beautifies what is ugly

25] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

26] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

27] Beauty opens locked doors

28] Long life has long misery

29] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

30] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

31] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

32] Rats know the ways of rats

33] The dog is a lion in his own house

34] Call a spade a spade

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

36] Moderation in all things

37] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

38] Half an egg is better than empty shell

39] Beauty fades like a flower.

40] A good face is a letter of recommendation

41] A hungry man smells meat afar off

42] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

43] Make the best of a bad bargain

44] Better children weep than old men

45] He that does most at once, does least

46] You cannot make bricks without straw

47] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

48] Either mend or end

49] The thing which is rare is dear

50] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

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

52] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

53] He who pays the piper calls the tune

54] All are not saints that go to church

55] All is fair in love and war

56] A cat may look at a king

57] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

58] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

59] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

60] A house divided against itself cannot stand

61] What costs little is little esteemed

62] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

63] All’s fish that comes to the net

64] A hungry man is angry man

65] Many a true word is spoken in jest

66] Ready money is ready medicine

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

68] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

69] A burnt child dreads the fire

70] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

71] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

72] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

73] A good husband makes a good wife

74] Dead men don’t bite

75] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

76] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

77] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

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

79] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

80] After a storm comes a calm

81] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

82] Beauty fades like a flower.

83] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

84] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

85] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

86] He who considers too much will perform little.

87] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

88] Soft fire makes sweet malt

89] Fair face, foul heart

90] Sooner begun, sooner done

91] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

92] Crime does not pay

93] Learn to walk before you run

94] He travels the fastest who travels alone

95] Extremes are dangerous

96] Wash your dirty linen at home

97] Give credit where credit is due

98] High places have their precipices

99] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

100] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer