Famous Proverbs

1] Brevity is the soul of wit

2] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

3] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

4] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

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

6] Art improves Nature

7] There is truth in wine

8] Every law has a loophole

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

10] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

11] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

12] He who envies admits his inferiority

13] An army marches on its stomach

14] Prospect is often better than possession

15] Poverty is not a crime

16] Better belly burst than good meat lost

17] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

18] A good lawyer must be a great liar

19] Big words seldom go with good deeds

20] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

21] I may not have tasted their flesh but I’ve seen enough to know how pigs walk

22] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

23] A fool may give a wise man counsel

24] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

25] He who serves is not free

26] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

27] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

28] He who pays the piper calls the tune

29] Nothing succeeds like success

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

31] The labour we delight in physics pain

32] A soft answer turns away wrath

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

34] Trust not the many-minded populace

35] You can’t take it with you when you die

36] The more you get, the more you want

37] A light purse makes a heavy heart

38] Death is the grand leveler

39] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

40] Go while the going is good

41] Many a little makes a mickle

42] Patience is a plaster for all sores

43] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

44] Manners make the man

45] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

46] Truth conquers all things

47] What everybody says must be true

48] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

49] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

50] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

51] The result justifies the deed

52] Half a word is enough for a wise man

53] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

54] Old habits die hard

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

56] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

57] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

58] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

59] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

60] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

61] Little by little and bit by bit.

62] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

63] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

64] More have repented speech than silence

65] Long absent, soon forgotten

66] Virtue is the only true nobility

67] Nature hates all sudden changes

68] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

69] He that praises himself, spatters himself

70] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

71] One sheep follows another

72] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

73] Money is the root of all evil

74] The child is father of the man

75] Poverty parts friendship

76] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

77] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

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

79] First thrive then wive

80] The axe falls on a straight tree first

81] Like will to like

82] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

83] Share and share alike

84] Repentance comes too late

85] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

86] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

87] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

88] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

89] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

90] An angry man is not fit to pray

91] An Englishman’s home is his castle

92] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

93] Big fish eat little fish

94] Practice is the science that gives confidence

95] Hitch your wagon to a star

96] Many eyes upon the king

97] Lend never that thing you needed most

98] Men are blind in their own cause

99] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

100] Diligence is the mother of good fortune