Famous Proverbs

1] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

2] The best of men are but men at best.

3] You can’t clap with one hand

4] Success has many friends

5] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

6] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

7] He that keeps not crust not crumb, shall ever want some

8] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

9] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

10] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

11] Every oak has been an acorn

12] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

13] A good conscience is a soft pillow

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

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

16] What has been, may be

17] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

18] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

19] Shrouds have no pockets

20] Money is the root of all evil

21] Pardon makes offenders

22] No man so good but another may be as good as he

23] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

24] The worse luck now, the better another time

25] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

26] Variety is the spice of life

27] A parrot will only say what it is taught

28] Best is cheapest

29] Never too late to learn

30] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

31] An Englishman’s home is his castle

32] The money you refuse will never do you good

33] The best things come in small packages

34] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

35] Extremes are dangerous

36] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

37] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

38] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

39] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

40] Every little helps

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

42] Wrong has no warrant

43] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

44] Much learning makes men mad

45] He who never was sick dies the first fit

46] Money refused loses its brightness

47] Revenge is sweet

48] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

49] From word to deed is a great space

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

51] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool

52] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

53] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

54] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

55] Nothing comes from nothing

56] No man knows what good is than he who has endured evil

57] A light purse makes a heavy heart

58] Divine grace was never slow

59] A good servant must have good wages

60] Crowns have cares

61] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

62] Nothing is given so freely as advice

63] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

64] Love is without reason

65] An old fox is not easily snared

66] No flying without wings.

67] Virtue is the only true nobility

68] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

69] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

70] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

71] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

72] Experience is good if not bought too dear

73] Men do more things through habit than reason

74] The mob tramples on the coward

75] Where god will help, nothing does harm

76] Don’t cry for the moon

77] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

78] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

79] It takes two to make a quarrel

80] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

81] Enough is as good as a feast

82] No answer is also an answer

83] Even Homer sometimes nods

84] Every dog is a lion at home

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

86] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

87] Example, is better than precept

88] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

89] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

90] Hope keeps man alive

91] Long absent, soon forgotten

92] Four eyes see more than two

93] It is easy to be wise after the event

94] He that speaks well, flights well

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

96] God made the country ,and man made the town

97] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

98] When bees area old, they yield n honey

99] A prophet is without honour in his own country

100] A good tongue is a good weapon