Famous Proverbs

1] Tomorrow never comes

2] A man in debt is caught in a net

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

4] Happy is the country (or nation) that has no history

5] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

6] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

7] Confess and be hanged

8] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

9] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

10] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

11] It takes two to make a quarrel

12] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

13] No sweet without sweat

14] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

15] A man can do no more than he can

16] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

17] No flying without wings.

18] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

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

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

21] Long looked for, comes at last

22] No man is his craft’s master the first day

23] Be still and have thy will

24] Alms never make poor

25] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

26] First things first

27] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

28] The pot calls the kettle black

29] One man’s loss is another’s gain

30] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

31] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

32] What is the mother of industry

33] All’s well that ends well

34] Truth is god’s daughter

35] Friendship should not be all on one side

36] A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose

37] Handsome is as handsome does

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

39] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

40] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

41] Much babbling is not without offence

42] Don’t ride the high horse

43] The good intention excuses the bad action

44] Remember, you are but a man

45] Poor men’s words have little weight

46] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

47] Moderation in all things

48] Trust is the mother of deceit

49] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

50] Divide and rule

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

52] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

53] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

54] No answer is also an answer

55] There is nothing permanent except change

56] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

57] Dead men tell no tales

58] Take things as you find them

59] Much law but little justice

60] Make hay while the sun shines

61] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

62] Gluttony kills more than the sword

63] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

64] A friend in need is a friend indeed

65] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

66] Choose thy company before thy drink

67] If you would be well served, serve yourself

68] Grief pent up will break the heart

69] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

70] What the king wills, that the law wills

71] Spread the table, and contention will cease

72] Sooner begun, sooner done

73] Walls have ears

74] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

75] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

76] Innocence is no protection

77] Her that is down need fear no fall

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

79] Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

80] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

81] When the word is out it belongs to another

82] A good garden may have some ill weeds

83] A rich man’s joke is always funny

84] No news is good news

85] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

86] There is many a true word spoken in jest

87] Error cannot be defended but by error

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

89] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

90] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

91] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

92] He who pays the piper calls the tune

93] Love sees no fault

94] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

95] Lend never that thing you needed most

96] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

97] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

98] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

99] That which proves too much proves nothing

100] A good conscience is a soft pillow