Famous Proverbs

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

2] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

3] Never spur a willing horse

4] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

5] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

6] Hunger breaks stone walls

7] Expectation is better than realisation

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

9] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

10] When luck comes, who doesn’t; when luck doesn’t come, who does?

11] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

12] Poverty is the mother of crime

13] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

14] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

15] Wash your dirty linen at home

16] Not even Hercules could contend against two

17] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

18] Waste is not grandeur

19] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

20] The goat must browse where she is tied

21] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

22] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

23] He is rich that has few wants

24] Never say die

25] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

26] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

27] A good face is a letter of recommendation

28] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

29] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

30] Care is no cure

31] You cannot make a crab walk straight

32] Good luck beats early rising

33] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

34] Curiosity killed the cat.

35] Worse things happen at sea

36] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

37] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

38] Facts are stubborn things

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

40] Nature surpasses art

41] Every dog is a lion at home

42] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

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

44] Love conquers all

45] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

46] Waste makes wants

47] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

48] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

49] All must be as God will

50] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

51] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

52] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

53] Out of sight, out of mind

54] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

55] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

56] None but the brave deserves the fair

57] Live and let live

58] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

59] Hope is the poor man’s bread

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

61] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

62] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

63] Other times, other manners

64] Faint heart never won fair lady

65] The garment worn determines how one is served

66] Excessive happiness produces pain

67] There is no place like home

68] Trust is the mother of deceit

69] The sun shines upon all alike.

70] East or west, home is best

71] A loveless life is a living death

72] What’s done cannot be undone

73] Use makes mastery

74] Every cloud has a silver lining

75] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

76] Goods that are much on show lose their colour

77] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

78] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

79] Those near the temple deride the gods

80] Like will to like

81] Work smart; don’t work hard

82] Do not limp before the lame

83] It is the unexpected that always happens

84] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

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

86] You know what you can do till you try.

87] Every flow must have its ebb

88] Go not to hell for company

89] Sickness soaks the purse

90] Fine words dress ill deeds

91] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

92] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

93] Ambition loses many a man

94] Hungry bellies have no ears

95] Needs must when the devil drives

96] Hear twice before you speak once

97] He who owes is in all the wrong

98] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

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

100] An old horse knows the route