Famous Proverbs

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

2] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

3] Do as say, not as I do

4] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

5] He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox

6] In wine there is truth

7] The bull must be taken by the horns

8] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

9] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

10] Necessity knows no law

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

12] They also serve who only stand and wait

13] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

14] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

15] Health and wealth create beauty

16] Where there is no might, right loses itself

17] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

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

19] The good is often the enemy of the best

20] Necessity breaks iron

21] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

22] An obedient wife commands her husband

23] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

24] Gold will not buy everything

25] He who last, laughs longest.

26] An egg thief will become a camel thief

27] The good intention excuses the bad action

28] It is never too late to mend

29] No man is indispensable

30] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

31] A little learning is dangerous thing

32] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

33] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

34] All doors open to courtesy

35] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

36] It is more blessed to give than to receive

37] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

38] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

39] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

40] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

41] A penny saved is a penny gained

42] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

43] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

44] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

45] It’s a long lane that has no turning

46] Precepts may lead but examples draw

47] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

48] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

49] Like will to like

50] In everything consider the end

51] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

52] Better an open enemy than a false friend

53] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

54] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

55] Fortune favours fools

56] Charity begins at home.

57] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

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

59] Dreams go by contraries

60] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

61] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

62] One man sows and another reaps

63] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

64] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

65] Work won’t kill but worry will.

66] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

67] Dead men don’t bite

68] The cowl does not make the monk.

69] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

70] A man’s studies pass in to his character

71] There is no royal road to learning

72] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

73] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

74] Moderation in all things

75] A traveller may lie with authority

76] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

77] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

78] Words cut more than swords

79] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

80] One thief will not rob another

81] The world is full of fools

82] Lend never that thing you needed most

83] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

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

85] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

86] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

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

88] He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse

89] A miss is as good as a mile

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

91] The grace of God enough

92] All lay loads on a willing horse

93] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

94] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

95] The age of miracles is past

96] Empty vessels make the most sound

97] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

98] A prophet is without honour in his own country

99] No cross, no crown

100] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks