Famous Proverbs

1] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

2] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

3] Even water has its ebb and flow

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

5] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

6] Love is without reason

7] Homer sometimes nods

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

9] Light burden I heavy if far borne

10] Lovers are madmen

11] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

12] Opportunity makes the thief

13] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

14] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

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

16] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

17] Be just before you are generous

18] Better late than never

19] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

20] Crowns have cares

21] What the king wills, that the law wills

22] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

23] Things are only worth one makes them worth

24] The pen is the tongue of the hand

25] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

26] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

27] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

28] Great hopes make great men

29] Never hit a man when he’s down

30] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

31] Tomorrow is another day

32] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

33] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

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

35] Some are wise and some are otherwise

36] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

37] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

38] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

39] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

40] The best is often the enemy of the good

41] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

42] Blood will have blood

43] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

44] A wise man hears one word and understands two

45] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

46] A willful man will have his way

47] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

48] It is best to be on the safe side

49] An honest good look covers many faults.

50] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

51] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

52] Pat any man and dust will fly

53] What costs little is little esteemed

54] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

55] Every dog has his (its) day

56] Ill luck is good for something

57] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

58] Variety is the spice of life

59] Discontent is the first step in progress

60] Youth and age will never agree

61] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

62] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

63] Nature will have her course

64] Knowledge is power

65] Many words, many buffets

66] To teach is to learn twice over

67] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

68] Mirth is the sugar of life

69] All that glitters is not gold

70] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

71] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

72] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

73] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

74] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

75] The garment worn determines how one is served

76] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

77] Sorrow will pay no debt

78] Diligence is the mother of good luck

79] A good face is a letter of recommendation

80] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

81] Don’t play with fire

82] Man punishes the action but God the intention

83] Patience surpasses learning

84] Much meat, much malady

85] You cannot unscramble eggs

86] Diamond cuts diamond

87] None but the brave deserves the fair

88] He that wants health wants all

89] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

90] Extremes meet

91] Hunger is the teacher of many

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

93] Despair gives courage to a coward

94] Least said, soonest mended

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

96] Do not kick against the pricks

97] Tell a lie and stick to it.

98] Good words are worth much and cost little

99] By falling we learn to go safely

100] There is more than one way to skin a cat.