Famous Proverbs

1] Do not triumph before the victory

2] He who comes first, grinds first.

3] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

4] All’s well that ends well

5] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

6] Dog does not eat dog

7] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

8] There is honour among thieves

9] Needs must when the devil drives

10] Two blacks do not make a white

11] All good things must come to an end

12] Of one ill come many

13] Kindness lies in one side of the house

14] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

15] A good drink makes the old young

16] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

17] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

18] He who has seen little marvels much

19] Rust wastes more than use

20] Every commodity has its discommodity

21] You must grin and bear it

22] Waste is not grandeur

23] He knows the water best who has waded through it

24] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

25] Don’t take your harp to the party

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

27] A man may learn wit every day.

28] Make the best of a bad bargain

29] New things are fair

30] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

31] He may find fault that cannot mend

32] One of these days is none of these days

33] The pot calls the kettle black

34] If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

35] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

36] It’s a long lane that has no turning

37] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

38] Names and natures do often agree

39] Bad excuses are worse than none.

40] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

41] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

42] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

43] One is what one eats

44] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

45] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

46] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

47] Misfortunes never come singly

48] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

49] There is no royal road to learning

50] Trust not the many-minded populace

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

52] Children should be seen and not heard

53] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

54] Where there is no might, right loses itself

55] A golden key opens every door

56] Judge not the tree by its bark

57] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

58] Ready money is a ready remedy

59] The good intention excuses the bad action

60] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

61] Every dog is a lion at home

62] Great talkers are never great doers

63] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

64] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

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

66] The more laws, the more offenders

67] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

68] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

69] Every oak has been an acorn

70] Life means strife

71] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

72] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

73] The labourer is worthy of his hire

74] Variety is the spice of life

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

76] Do not limp before the lame

77] Learning is the eye of the mind

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

79] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

80] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

81] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

82] A fault confessed is half redressed

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

84] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

85] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

86] A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend

87] He that has good money, gives few alms

88] Borrowed garments never fit well

89] Every cloud has a silver lining

90] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

91] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

92] It is useless to flog a dead horse

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

94] An angry man is not fit to pray

95] What is a workman without his tools?

96] Practice is the science that gives confidence

97] One fool praises another

98] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

99] Nothing is so certain as death

100] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant