Famous Proverbs

1] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

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

3] To speak as the common people, to think as the wise

4] Heaven helps those who help themselves

5] No good building without a good foundation.

6] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

7] Empty vessels make the most sound

8] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

9] Set a thief to catch a thief

10] Share and share alike

11] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

12] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

13] Still waters run deep

14] That which Nature paints never fades

15] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

16] A good servant must have good wages

17] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

18] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

19] God tempers that wind to the shorn lamb

20] He that is born a fool is never cured

21] No pain, no cure

22] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

23] There is nothing lost by civility

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

25] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

26] God arms the harmless

27] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

28] He that sows virtue reaps fame

29] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

30] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

31] Kindness lies in one side of the house

32] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

33] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

34] Ill luck is good for something

35] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

36] Weapons breed peace

37] Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

38] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

39] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

40] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

41] Opportunity makes the thief

42] He that obey cannot command

43] There is safety in numbers

44] Man does what he can, and God what he will

45] A parrot will only say what it is taught

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

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

48] Don’t take your harp to the party

49] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

50] Soon hot, soon cold

51] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

52] Old habits die hard

53] Live and let live

54] Love me, love my dog

55] Don’t cry stinking fish

56] Patience is a plaster for all sores

57] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

58] All that glitters is not gold

59] All our pomp the earth covers

60] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

61] Money is power

62] First impressions are the most lasting

63] What is worse than ill luck?

64] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

65] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

66] One man’s loss is another’s gain

67] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

68] Every little helps

69] The dog that fetches, will carry.

70] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

71] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

72] No man can serve two masters

73] A watched pot never boils

74] Hard cases make bad law

75] Conscience does make cowards of us all

76] The bull must be taken by the horns

77] Grasp all, lose all

78] If you play with fire you get burnt

79] Even a worm will turn

80] Money refused loses its brightness

81] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

82] Judge not the tree by its bark

83] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

84] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

85] No man can serve two masters

86] Four eyes see better than two.

87] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

88] Full of courtesy, full of craft

89] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

90] Anger without power is folly

91] He knows which side his bread is buttered

92] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

93] He who does no good, does evil enough

94] At open doors, dogs come in

95] We live by laws, not by examples

96] A cat may look at a king

97] Morning dreams come true

98] Content is better than riches

99] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

100] Give a loan and buy quarrel