Famous Proverbs

1] Rust wastes more than use

2] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

3] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

4] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

5] Past cure, past care

6] Men are not angles

7] Prospect is often better than possession

8] Let not your tongue run at rover

9] See how the wind blows

10] Evil to him who evil thinks.

11] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

12] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

13] Prevention is better than cure

14] Every light has its shadow

15] The word is far him who has patience

16] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

17] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

18] A man’s mother is his other God

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

20] Nothing is given so freely as advice

21] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

22] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

23] As you brew, so shall you drink.

24] Safety lies in the middle course

25] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

26] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

27] We are all Adam’s children

28] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

29] The longest journey starts with a single step

30] The devil knows many things because he is old

31] The bait hides the hook

32] Nature hates all sudden changes

33] Nothing seek, nothing find

34] Better unborn than untaught

35] Love can find a way

36] What is new cannot be true

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

38] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

39] Weapons breed peace

40] The deed comes back upon the doer.

41] Penny wise, pound foolish

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

43] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

44] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

45] In haste is error

46] Beauty fades like a flower.

47] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

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

49] Needs must when the devil drives

50] Ignorance is the peace of life

51] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

52] A good friend is my nearest relation

53] Either mend or end

54] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

55] There is nothing lost by civility

56] A great city, a great solitude

57] Money is power

58] Much would have more

59] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

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

61] Look on the bright side

62] When wine sinks, words swim

63] The age of miracles is past

64] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

65] He that has no money needs no purse

66] The last suitor wins the maid

67] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

68] Little things please little minds

69] A hungry man smells meat afar off

70] He who comes first, grinds first.

71] Men are not to be measured in inches

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

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

74] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

75] There is many a fair thing full false

76] Many a little makes a mickle

77] The devil lurks behind the cross

78] Custom reconciles us to everything

79] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

80] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

81] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

82] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

83] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

84] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

85] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

86] No pains, no gains

87] Even silence may be eloquent

88] Truth is god’s daughter

89] God is always on the side of the big battalions

90] Give and take is fair play

91] Money is the sinews of war

92] A woman’s work is never done

93] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

94] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

95] You can’t take it with you when you die

96] So many men, so many opinions

97] Who greases his way travels easily

98] The king can do no wrong

99] A golden key opens every door

100] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone