Famous Proverbs

1] He who does nothing but sits and eats, will wear away a mountain of wealth

2] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

3] Mirth is the sugar of life

4] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

5] He who considers too much will perform little.

6] Whatever man has done, man can do

7] Innocence is no protection

8] Do not limp before the lame

9] Rich folk have many friends

10] A rich man’s joke is always funny

11] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

12] Old cattle breed not

13] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

14] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

15] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

16] Christmas comes but once a year

17] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

18] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

19] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

20] Nothing seek, nothing find

21] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

22] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

23] They also serve who only stand and wait

24] Riches along make no men happy

25] Big fish eat little fish

26] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

27] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

28] Who greases his way travels easily

29] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

30] Adam’s ale is the best brew

31] Rich folk have many friends

32] The king can do no wrong

33] The eye sees only what it has the power of seeing

34] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

35] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

36] Fish begins to stink at the head

37] From word to deed is a great space

38] The end crowns the work.

39] A man of courage never wants weapons

40] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale

41] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

42] It is good to follow the old fox

43] Clothes do not make the man

44] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

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

46] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

47] Much babbling is not without offence

48] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

49] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

50] He who leaps high must take a long run

51] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

52] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

53] Learn to walk before you run

54] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

55] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

56] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

57] Life is short and time is swift

58] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

59] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

60] True gold is not transformed by fire

61] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

62] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

63] Hunger is the best sauce

64] The envious man shall never want woe

65] What’s done cannot be undone

66] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

67] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

68] All glory comes from daring to begin

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

70] Coming events cast their shadows before

71] Forgive and forget

72] Every man must carry his own cross

73] A black hen lays a white egg

74] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

75] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

76] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

77] A good conscience is a sure card

78] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

79] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

80] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

81] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

82] Of one ill come many

83] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

84] Fair without, false within

85] Better bend than break

86] Safety lies in the middle course

87] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

88] Money is power

89] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

90] Take time by the forelock

91] Better an apple given than eaten

92] One man’s loss is another’s gain

93] Poverty does not hurt him who has not been rich before

94] Conscience does make cowards of us all

95] Good ware makes quick market

96] Long life has long misery

97] He who owes is in all the wrong

98] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

99] What can’t be cured must be endured

100] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.