Famous Proverbs

1] Do as you would be done by

2] III luck is good for something

3] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

4] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

5] That which is easily done is soon believed

6] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

7] Money is power

8] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

9] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

10] No feast lasts forever.

11] There’s a time and place for everything

12] Take things as you find them

13] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

14] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

15] Empty vessels make the most noise

16] It takes a wise man to be a fool

17] Flesh is frail

18] All things are possible with god

19] He that is down need fear no fall

20] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

21] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

22] The wisest of the wise may err.

23] Dreams are lies

24] Possibilities are infinite

25] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

26] Love knows no limit

27] God’s lambs will play.

28] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

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

30] Kind hearts are more than coronets

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

32] Fear of death is worse than death itself

33] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

34] Four eyes see more than two

35] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

36] It is too late to look up after you have collided

37] He that blows best, bears away the horn

38] Novelty always appears handsome

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

40] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

41] Never too late to repent

42] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

43] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

44] Think of ease, but work on.

45] Divine grace was never slow

46] Heaven helps those who help themselves

47] Cleanliness is next to godliness

48] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

49] It is more pain to do nothing than something

50] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

51] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

52] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

53] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

54] Dead men tell no tales

55] A man with no hands is given a ring.

56] There is no smoke without fire

57] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

58] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

59] The wish is father to the thought

60] In wine there is truth

61] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

62] Fools rejoice at promises

63] Dreams are lies

64] A beggar can never be bankrupt

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

66] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

67] Wash your dirty linen at home

68] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

69] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

70] He that speaks well, flights well

71] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

72] All must be as God will

73] He knows most who speaks least

74] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

75] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

76] Where there is peace, God is

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

78] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

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

80] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

81] When the cat is away, the mice will play

82] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

83] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.

84] Words bind men

85] Love and business teach eloquence

86] Human blood is all of a colour

87] An old man is a bed full of bones

88] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

89] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

90] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

91] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

92] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

93] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

94] Never spur a willing horse

95] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

96] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

97] Love sees no fault

98] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

99] He that eats well should do his duty well

100] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket