Famous Proverbs

1] First impressions are the most lasting

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

3] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

4] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

5] Gluttony kills more than the sword

6] Delay is the antidote of anger

7] It is too late to husband when all is spent

8] He that talks much, errs much

9] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

10] Hitch your wagon to a star

11] The beaten road is the safest

12] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

13] What can’t be cured must be endured

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

15] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

16] Patience is the remedy of the world

17] When you do not know what to do – wait.

18] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

19] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

20] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

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

22] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

23] Better be alone than in bad company

24] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

25] A willful man will have his way

26] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

27] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

28] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

29] Ill news comes apace.

30] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

31] See which way the cat jumps

32] If today will not, tomorrow may

33] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

34] A good heart conquers ill fortune

35] Slow but sure wins the race

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

37] Everything in moderation.

38] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

39] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

40] He has not lost all who has one cast left

41] He who begins many things, finishes but few

42] One can’t help many, but many can help one

43] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

44] Good fences make good neighbours

45] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

46] Bare walls make giddy housewives

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

48] Finger were made before forks, and hands before knives

49] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

50] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

51] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

52] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

53] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

54] Too much curiosity lost paradise

55] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

56] You cannot make bricks without straw

57] He laughs best who laughs last

58] No road is long with good company

59] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

60] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

61] Everything would fain live

62] He that is down need fear no fall

63] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

64] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

65] Precept begins, examples accomplish

66] The highest branch is not the safest roost

67] Grasp all, lose all

68] Corn him well and he will work better

69] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

70] Full of courtesy, full of craft

71] Lend never that thing you needed most

72] All that glitters is not gold

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

74] Nature does nothing in vain

75] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

76] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head

77] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

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

79] A little too late, is much too late

80] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

81] Self-praise is no recommendation

82] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

83] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

84] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

85] A cat may look at a king

86] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

87] Often and little eating makes a man fat

88] He that desires but little has no deed of much

89] Stolen sweets are sweeter

90] No choice amongst stinking fish

91] Well begun is half done.

92] The deed comes back upon the doer.

93] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

94] Out of sight, out of mind

95] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

96] A man’s wealth is his enemy

97] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

98] One must howl with the wolves

99] Honour is the reward of virtue

100] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.