Famous Proverbs

1] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

2] Many a true word is spoken in jest

3] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

4] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

5] One thief will not rob another

6] Men are known by the company they keep.

7] Christmas comes but once a year

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

9] Crime does not pay

10] Better a bare foot than none

11] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

12] A good Conscience is the best divinity

13] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

14] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

15] Better never begin than never make an end

16] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

17] Excessive happiness produces pain

18] One barber shaves another gratis

19] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

20] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

21] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

22] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

23] Better to ask the way than go astray.

24] Rome was not built in a day

25] Don’t play with fire

26] No remedy but patience

27] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

28] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

29] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

30] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

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

32] Nature surpasses art

33] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

34] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

35] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

36] Friends agree best at a distance

37] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

38] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

39] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

40] Nothing comes from nothing

41] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

42] Tell the truth and shame the devil

43] A black hen lays a white egg

44] What costs little is little esteemed

45] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

46] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

47] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

48] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

49] He that keeps not crust not crumb, shall ever want some

50] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

51] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

52] A still tongue makes a wise head

53] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

54] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

55] He stands not surely that never slips

56] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

57] An empty sack cannot stand upright

58] Silence is golden

59] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

60] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

61] Make not your sauce, before you have caught the fish.

62] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

63] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

64] Man proposes, God disposes

65] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

66] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

67] Hunger breaks stone walls

68] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

69] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

70] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

71] He who comes late must eat what is left

72] Hear twice before you speak once

73] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

74] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

75] He that demands misses not, unless his demands be foolish

76] There is nothing that costs less than civility

77] Empty vessels make the most noise

78] Trust is the mother of deceit

79] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

80] No sweet without sweat

81] A hedge between keeps friendship green

82] Every one thinks his own cross is heaviest

83] Better an open enemy than a false friend

84] Boys will be boys

85] Goodness is better than beauty

86] The grace of God enough

87] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

88] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

89] Call no man happy till he is dead

90] Great oaks from little acorns grow

91] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

92] He who sows, trusts in God

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

94] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

95] One must howl with the wolves

96] Affection blinds reason

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

98] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

99] Tigers and deer do not over.

100] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck