Famous Proverbs

1] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

2] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

3] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

4] Everything is good in its season

5] There is death in the pot.

6] The day obliterates the promise of the might

7] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

8] Idleness is the root of all evil

9] It is good to follow the old fox

10] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

11] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

12] How ever much you learn, you won’t know how to raise the dead

13] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

14] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

15] A change is as good as rest

16] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

17] Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

18] No flying without wings.

19] The fairest flowers soonest fade

20] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

21] Never buy a pig in a poke

22] A good garden may have some ill weeds

23] Too much cunning undoes

24] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

25] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

26] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

27] A good servant must have good wages

28] Names are debts

29] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

30] There is safety in numbers

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

32] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

33] Idleness is the root of all evil

34] Corn him well and he will work better

35] Beware of no man more than himself

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

37] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

38] Moderation in all things

39] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

40] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

41] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

42] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

43] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

44] A house divided against itself cannot stand

45] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

46] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

47] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

48] Put not the bucket too often in the well

49] Good to begin well, better to end well.

50] Wrong has no warrant

51] Great oaks from little acorns grow

52] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

53] A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend

54] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

55] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

56] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

57] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

58] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

59] Dead dogs bark not

60] Children pick up words as pigeons peas, and utter than again as god shall please

61] Every beginning is hard

62] He who last, laughs longest.

63] Four eyes see better than two.

64] Exceptional bravery is often hidden under a cloak of timidity

65] An obedient wife commands her husband

66] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

67] Ambition loses many a man

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

69] A good name is a rich heritage

70] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

71] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

72] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

73] An ill tongue may do much

74] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

75] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

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

77] Liars should have good memories

78] A good conscience is a constant feast

79] Ready money is ready medicine

80] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

81] First things first

82] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

83] Wise men are caught in wiles

84] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

85] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

86] Take the will for the deed

87] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

88] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

89] Too much hope deceives

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

91] Don’t cry for the moon

92] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

93] God made the country ,and man made the town

94] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

95] Love is without reason

96] Every oak has been an acorn

97] They brag most who can do least

98] The unexpected always happens.

99] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

100] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend