Famous Proverbs

1] Possibilities are infinite

2] Fish and guests smell in three days

3] Procrastination is the thief of time

4] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

5] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

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

7] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

8] He who comes first, grinds first.

9] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

10] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

11] Content is better than riches

12] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

13] Our own opinion is never wrong

14] He who serves is not free

15] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

16] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

17] Barking dogs seldom bite

18] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

19] Hasty work, double work,

20] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

21] No man is a hero to his valet

22] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

23] What is deferred is not abandoned

24] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

25] A crowd is not company

26] Covetousness breaks the sack

27] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

28] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

29] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

30] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

31] Quickly come, quickly go

32] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

33] Call a spade a spade

34] Sow thin and mow thin

35] The coward threatens only when he is safe

36] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

37] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

38] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

39] A good beginning makes a good ending.

40] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

41] A heavy purse makes a light heart

42] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

43] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

44] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

45] Time flies

46] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

47] All good things must come to an end

48] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

49] Many words, many buffets

50] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

51] Even a worm will turn

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

53] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

54] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

55] No news is good news

56] When you drink water from the stream, don’t forget that the source of it is the spring

57] In peace, prepare for war

58] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

59] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

60] Covetousness is the root of all evil

61] Fair exchange is no robbery

62] Small is the seed of every greatness

63] All’s well that ends well

64] Never do things by halves

65] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

66] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

67] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

68] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

69] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

70] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

71] Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard

72] Great barkers are no biters

73] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

74] There is none misfortune cannot reach

75] The darkest place is under the candlestick

76] Money is the root of all evil

77] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

78] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

79] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

80] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

81] Hear twice before you speak once

82] There is none misfortune cannot reach

83] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

84] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

85] No man fears what he has seen grow

86] One sword keeps another in the sheath

87] Every man must carry his own cross

88] He who wills the end, Wills the means

89] The last suitor wins the maid

90] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

91] There is many a true word spoken in jest

92] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

93] Those near the temple deride the gods

94] No pain, no cure

95] He who owes is in all the wrong

96] Of one ill come many

97] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

98] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

99] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

100] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge