Famous Proverbs

1] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

2] A penny saved is a penny gained

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

4] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

5] They also serve who only stand and wait

6] He is wise who looks ahead

7] Care killed the cat

8] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

9] Too many cooks spoil the broth

10] Cast not the first stone.

11] Bear with evil and expect good

12] Great talkers are never great doers

13] Master easy, servant slack

14] Dead dogs bark not

15] Quickly come, quickly go

16] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

17] An old man is a bed full of bones

18] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

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

20] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

21] He who last, laughs longest.

22] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

23] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

24] Where there is peace, God is

25] Never grieve for what you cannot help

26] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

27] Open confession is good for the soul

28] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

29] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

30] Beware of a silent man and still water

31] Much would have more

32] Many doctors, death accomplished

33] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

34] The best things in life are free

35] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

36] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

37] One potter envies another

38] Love is lawless.

39] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

40] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

41] All things require skills but an appetite

42] Do not wear out your welcome

43] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

44] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

45] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

46] The tide must be taken when it comes

47] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

48] Remember, you are but a man

49] A short cut is often a wrong cut

50] No man is indispensable

51] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

52] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

53] Half a loaf is better than do bread

54] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

55] Half a word is enough for a wise man

56] Blue are the far away hills

57] Penny and penny laid up will be many

58] The great would have none great, and the little all little

59] Love will find a way

60] The money you refuse will never do you good

61] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

62] Truth is mighty and will prevail

63] He that speaks not, God hears not

64] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

65] The sign brings customers

66] Better late than never, but better never late

67] Everything is good in its season

68] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

69] He who has seen little marvels much

70] Success has many friends

71] You may know by a handful the whole sack

72] As is the mould, so will the cake be.

73] Fortune is blind

74] Every one thinks his own cross is heaviest

75] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

76] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

77] Do unto others as they should do unto you

78] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

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

80] As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamp

81] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

82] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

83] It is the first step that is troublesome

84] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

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

86] There is nothing that costs less than civility

87] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

88] Everything would fain live

89] Love is sweet torment

90] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

91] A merchant that gains not, loses

92] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

93] One lie makes many

94] What is deferred is not abandoned

95] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

96] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

97] It is the unexpected that always happens

98] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

99] A mouse may help a lion

100] Why play the harp to a buffalo?