Famous Proverbs

1] Talk much end err much

2] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

3] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

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

5] Never hit a man when he’s down

6] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

7] Tell a lie and stick to it.

8] Every one thinks his own sack heaviest

9] One can’t help many, but many can help one

10] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

11] Corn him well and he will work better

12] Best is cheapest

13] There’s a black sheep in every flock

14] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

15] Health and wealth create beauty

16] A heavy purse makes a light heart

17] There is no redemption from hell

18] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

19] No feast lasts forever.

20] Change brings life

21] It is all in the day’s work

22] Second thoughts are best

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

24] All roads lead to Rome

25] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

26] Go not to hell for company

27] Gossiping and lying go together

28] The darkest place is under the candlestick

29] Every dog has his day

30] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

31] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

32] The best is often the enemy of the good

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

34] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

35] All doors open to courtesy

36] Dying men speak true

37] No man can serve two masters

38] Barking dogs seldom bite

39] Second thoughts are best

40] Ready money is a ready remedy

41] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

42] Better be born lucky than wise.

43] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

44] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

45] Tell a lie and stick to it.

46] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale

47] Where there’s muck, there’s money

48] Either mend or end

49] Either mend or end

50] A good heart cannot lie.

51] The best things in life are free

52] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

53] It is not the hood that makes the monk.

54] When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

55] Honest is the best policy

56] Things past cannot be recalled

57] What is word but wind?

58] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

59] He who comes first, grinds first.

60] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

61] Circumstances alter cases

62] Love me, love the crows on my roof

63] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

64] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

65] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

66] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

67] True gold is not transformed by fire

68] Ill news comes apace.

69] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

70] Don’t play with fire

71] Death is the grand leveler

72] Seek and you shall find

73] Good wine needs no bush

74] No answer is also an answer

75] Save your breath to cool the porridge

76] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

77] Praise no man till he is dead.

78] Great trees keep down the little ones

79] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

80] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

81] A prophet is without honour in his own country

82] Wishes can never fill a sack

83] Time flees without a delay

84] Good hand, good hire

85] The Pen is mightier than the sword

86] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

87] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

88] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

89] Better beg than steal.

90] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

91] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

92] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

93] Innocence is no protection

94] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

95] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

96] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

97] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

98] The fairest flowers soonest fade

99] Possibilities are infinite

100] Facts are stubborn things