Famous Proverbs

1] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

2] Time flees without a delay

3] Crows are all completely black

4] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

5] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

6] Children speak only words they have heard.

7] Love me, love my dog

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

9] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

10] Second thoughts are best

11] A merchant that gains not, loses

12] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

13] Prevention is better than cure

14] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

15] A living dog is better than a dead lion

16] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

17] Nature hates all sudden changes

18] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

19] No man is a hero to his valet

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

21] No cross, no crown

22] Acorns were good till bread was found

23] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

24] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

25] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

26] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

27] The value of money is having it.

28] Hope is grief’s best music

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

30] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

31] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

32] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

33] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

34] In fair weather prepare for foul

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

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

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

38] All roads lead to Rome

39] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

40] One cannot love and be wise

41] It is good to follow the old fox

42] For a web begun, God sends the thread

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

44] Men are not to be measured in inches

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

46] Truth has no need of rhetoric

47] One reason is as good as fifty

48] None so deaf as those that will not hear

49] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

50] A good Conscience is the best divinity

51] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

52] Diligence is the mother of good luck

53] Poverty is not a crime

54] One must be a servant before one can be a master

55] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

56] A healthy man is a successful man

57] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

58] Dirty linen should be washed at home

59] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

60] You can’t tell a book by its cover

61] See how the wind blows

62] The devil looks after his own

63] Many hands make light work

64] What the king wills, that the law wills

65] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

66] The sun shines upon all alike.

67] Don’t cry before you are hurt

68] Wishes can never fill a sack

69] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

70] A prophet is without honour in his own country

71] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

72] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

73] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

74] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

75] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

76] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

77] Many dishes make many diseases

78] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

79] Enough is enough

80] Long absent, soon forgotten

81] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

82] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

83] A good name is sooner lost than won

84] To err is human; to forgive, divine

85] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

86] Ambition makes people diligent

87] Almost’ never killed a fly.

88] Where god will help, nothing does harm

89] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

90] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

91] When in doubt, do nothing

92] All things require skills but an appetite

93] A beggar can never be bankrupt

94] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

95] Bread is the staff of life.

96] Never do things by halves

97] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

98] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

99] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

100] Never do things by halves