Famous Proverbs

1] Every Jack must have his Jill

2] Appearances are deceptive

3] Wise men learn by other men’s harms (or mistakes), fools, by their own

4] Love is never without jealousy

5] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

6] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

7] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

8] All good things must come to an end

9] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

10] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

11] Actions speak louder than words

12] Don’t take your harp to the party

13] The longest journey starts with a single step

14] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

15] Fine feathers make fine birds.

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

17] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

18] Haste makes waste

19] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

20] The best fish swim near the bottom

21] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

22] Never spur a willing horse

23] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

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

25] Fortune favours fools

26] Work won’t kill but worry will.

27] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

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

29] A fault confessed is half redressed

30] The more laws, the more offenders

31] Never do evil that good may come of it

32] He stands not surely that never slips

33] Intimacy lessens fame

34] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

35] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

36] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

37] Marriage is a lottery

38] There is nothing that costs less than civility

39] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

40] Discontent is the first step in progress

41] Much learning makes men mad

42] He that knows little often repeats it

43] Love me, love the crows on my roof

44] Think on the end before you begin

45] Man cannot live by bread alone

46] Too far east is west

47] Rome was not built in a day

48] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

49] He that repairs not a part, builds all

50] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

51] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

52] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

53] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

54] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

55] Boys will be boys

56] Hitch your wagon to a star

57] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

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

59] What is money to a cat?

60] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

61] Gold is tried in the fire

62] The money you refuse will never do you good

63] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

64] I may not have tasted their flesh but I’ve seen enough to know how pigs walk

65] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

66] It is too late to call back yesterday

67] Work expands so as to fill the time available

68] Home is home though it be never so homely

69] Every little helps

70] Where there is no trust there is no love

71] He that blows best, bears away the horn

72] Worse things happen at sea

73] Youth and age will never agree

74] Blood cannot be washed out with blood

75] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

76] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

77] A good drink makes the old young

78] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

79] Wisdom is better than strength

80] A great city, a great solitude

81] You never know your luck

82] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

83] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

84] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

85] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

86] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

87] First things first

88] Change brings life

89] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

90] Busiest men find the most time

91] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

92] He that has no money needs no purse

93] The longest journey starts with a single step

94] Love knows hidden paths

95] It is as natural to die as to be born

96] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

97] You cannot make a crab walk straight

98] A good lather is half the shave

99] Every commodity has its discommodity

100] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke