Famous Proverbs

1] What has been, may be

2] Fools grow without watering.

3] Who greases his way travels easily

4] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

5] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

6] The highest branch is not the safest roost

7] An evil life is a kind of death.

8] Beauty opens locked doors

9] Take the will for the deed

10] You cannot unscramble eggs

11] Woes unite foes

12] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

13] Have two strings to your bow

14] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

15] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

16] Wrong never comes right

17] Poverty is no sin

18] Everyone to his taste

19] He that praises himself, spatters himself

20] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

21] Love cannot be compelled

22] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

23] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

24] Never hit a man when he’s down

25] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

26] Health and gaiety foster beauty.

27] Fire is a good servant a bad master

28] You never know your luck

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

30] Words are but wind

31] The sign brings customers

32] If you would be well served, serve yourself

33] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice

34] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

35] Petty laws breed great crimes

36] That which Nature paints never fades

37] Anything will fit a naked man.

38] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

39] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

40] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

41] Ready money is a ready remedy

42] Silence is a woman’s best garment

43] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

44] Words cut more than swords

45] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

46] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

47] Wise men are caught in wiles

48] The first step is the only difficulty

49] Every dog has his (its) day

50] He who owes is in all the wrong

51] Tie a chicken with an elephant rope, and it will slip off; tie an elephant with a chicken-tether, and it will break away.

52] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

53] No like is the same.

54] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

55] Excessive happiness produces pain

56] All for one, and one for all.

57] Care brings grey hair.

58] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

59] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

60] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

61] A crowd is not company

62] Man does what he can, and God what he will

63] Jack is as good as his master

64] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

65] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

66] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

67] Exchange is no robbery

68] It’s dogged that does it

69] A jest breaks no bones

70] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

71] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

72] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

73] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

74] Keep some till further more come

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

76] A good conscience is a soft pillow

77] The mob tramples on the coward

78] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

79] One reason is as good as fifty

80] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.

81] It is the first step that is troublesome

82] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

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

84] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

85] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

86] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

87] The mob tramples on the coward

88] What everybody says must be true

89] Call a spade a spade

90] Acorns were good till bread was found

91] Give credit where credit is due

92] Empty vessels make the most sound

93] The voice is the best music

94] Money is power

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

96] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

97] Liars should have good memories

98] Health is great riches

99] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

100] Six feet of earth make all men equal