Famous Proverbs

1] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

2] What is money to a cat?

3] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

4] Beware of no man more than himself

5] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

6] He that is born a fool is never cured

7] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

8] First things first

9] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

10] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

11] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

12] Children learn to creep ere they can go

13] It is not work that kills but worry

14] Novelty always appears handsome

15] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

16] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

17] Desert and reward seldom keep company

18] You never know what you can do till you try

19] One must howl with the wolves

20] Every Jack must have his Jill

21] The cobbler should stick to his last

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

23] Covetousness is the root of all evil

24] Little things are pretty

25] Adversity makes strange bedfellows

26] Books and friends should be few but good

27] God’ s mill grids slow but sure

28] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

29] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

30] Nature does nothing in vain

31] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

32] If the cap fits, wear it

33] Mercy surpasses justice

34] Tell a lie and stick to it.

35] Dogs bark as they are bred.

36] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

37] He travels the fastest who travels alone

38] The company makes the feast

39] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

40] Small is the seed of every greatness

41] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

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

43] Much meat, much malady

44] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

45] One is not smelt where all stink

46] Look before you leap

47] Do right and fear no man

48] Patient men with the day.

49] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

50] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

51] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

52] Travel broadens the mind

53] Extremes are dangerous

54] Variety takes away satiety

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

56] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

57] None can guess the jewel by the casket

58] He that has an ill name is half hanged

59] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

60] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

61] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

62] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

63] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

64] Money has no smell

65] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

66] A friend in need is a friend indeed

67] Four eyes see better than two.

68] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

69] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

70] Covetousness breaks the sack

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

72] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

73] Mere wishes are silly fishes

74] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

75] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

76] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

77] A door must be either shut or open

78] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

79] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

80] The grace of God enough

81] Love is without reason

82] Good wine needs no bush

83] All’s well that ends well

84] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

85] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

86] When in doubt, do nothing

87] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

88] An angry man is not fit to pray

89] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

90] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

91] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

92] As you bake, so shall you eat.

93] Hunger breaks stone walls

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

95] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

96] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

97] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

98] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

99] Beauty opens locked doors

100] Save a stranger from the sea and he’ll turn your enemy