Famous Proverbs

1] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

2] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

3] Content is better than riches

4] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

5] New brooms sweep clean

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

7] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

8] Cleanliness is next to godliness

9] A good drink makes the old young

10] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

11] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

12] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

13] The money you refuse will never do you good

14] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

15] He that desires but little has no deed of much

16] Standing pools gather fifth

17] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

18] Brevity is the soul of wit

19] Prevention is better than cure

20] Pitchers have ears

21] Bad news travels fast

22] Wise men do not argue with idiots

23] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

24] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

25] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

26] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

27] Intimacy lessens fame

28] The best fish swim near the bottom

29] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

30] Past cure, past care

31] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

32] Corn him well and he will work better

33] Might knows no right

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

35] He who pays the piper calls the tune

36] One master in a house is enough

37] Little by little and bit by bit.

38] Tell the truth and shame the devil

39] Charity begins at home.

40] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

41] To err is human

42] A good name is better than a golden girdle

43] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

44] He knows most who speaks least

45] Morning dreams come true

46] The pen is the tongue of the hand

47] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

48] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

49] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

50] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

51] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

52] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

53] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

54] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

55] Enough is as good as a feast

56] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

57] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

58] A good wife is a good prize

59] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

60] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

61] Failure teaches success

62] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

63] He who envies admits his inferiority

64] Love your friend with his fault

65] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

66] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

67] Law makers should not be law breakers

68] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

69] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

70] You cannot serve God and Mammon

71] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

72] Soon gotten, soon spent

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

74] How forceful are right words

75] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

76] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

77] Great actions speak minds

78] Let not your tongue run at rover

79] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

80] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

81] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

82] Gold may be bought too dear

83] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean

84] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

85] He that promises too much means nothing

86] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

87] Crime does not pay

88] Soon gotten, soon spent

89] You cannot unscramble eggs

90] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

91] He that promises too much means nothing

92] Once a knave, always a knave

93] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

94] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

95] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

96] Every beginning is hard

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

98] No misfortune will go on forever

99] We live by laws, not by examples

100] A good wife makes a good husband