Famous Proverbs

1] Light grows the burden which is well borne

2] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

3] Wine unveils the words of the heart

4] The pot calls the kettle black

5] No man is content with his lot

6] Wise men silent, fools talk

7] Water is the king of food

8] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

9] Dead men tell no tales

10] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

11] Don’t kick against the pricks

12] The age of miracles is past

13] A jest breaks no bones

14] Children and chickens must be always picking

15] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

16] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

17] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

18] He that talks much, errs much

19] An open door may tempt a saint

20] Other times, other manners

21] A man’s studies pass in to his character

22] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

23] None can guess the jewel by the casket

24] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

25] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

26] Like mother, like daughter

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

28] The early man ever borrows from the late man

29] Patience is a virtue

30] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

31] No flying without wings.

32] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

33] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

34] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

35] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

36] There is no redemption from hell

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

38] Better an egg in peace than an ox in war

39] One good turn deserves another

40] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

41] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

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

43] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

44] A man’s wealth is his enemy

45] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

46] East or west, home is best

47] First impressions are most lasting

48] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

49] Mercy surpasses justice

50] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

51] A bribe will enter without knocking

52] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

53] There is no fool like an old fool

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

55] He who teaches learns

56] Tomorrow never comes

57] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

58] Covetousness breaks the sack

59] After the extreme of cold comes spring

60] The end makes all equal

61] He who does no good, does evil enough

62] Muck and money go together

63] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

64] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

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

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

67] Give credit where credit is due

68] No man is his craft’s master the first day

69] He that has a wife, has strife

70] Slow and steady wins the race

71] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

72] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

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

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

75] Valour delights in the test

76] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

77] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

78] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

79] Easier said than done

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

81] Goodness is better than beauty

82] Coming events cast their shadows before

83] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

84] Everyone to his taste

85] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

86] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

87] The slowest barker is the surest biter

88] Love can find a way

89] Live not to eat, but eat to live

90] Shrouds have no pockets

91] A little is better than none

92] Nature is the true law

93] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

94] Old vessels must leak

95] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

96] You are never too old to learn

97] Light burden I heavy if far borne

98] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

99] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

100] Tigers and deer do not over.