Famous Proverbs

1] Virtue has all things in itself

2] First impressions are most lasting

3] No flying without wings.

4] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

5] Better to wear out than rust out

6] Once a use and ever a custom

7] Man proposes, God disposes

8] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

9] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

10] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

11] The best of men are but men at best.

12] The company makes the feast

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

14] There is no rose without a thorn

15] Take the will for the deed

16] Never buy a pig in a poke

17] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

18] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

19] Do not triumph before the victory

20] The fairest silk is soonest stained

21] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

22] Take things as you find them

23] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

24] Extremity of right is wrong

25] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

26] Goodness is better than beauty

27] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

28] Dead men tell no tales

29] What is the mother of industry

30] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

31] Live and Learn

32] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

33] Look before you leap

34] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

35] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

36] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

37] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

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

39] Self do, self have

40] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

41] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

42] You cannot unscramble eggs

43] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

44] God helps those who help themselves

45] One is not smelt where all stink

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

47] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

48] Some are wise and some are otherwise

49] The mob has many heads but no brains

50] The pot calls the kettle black

51] Flesh is frail

52] The pen is the tongue of the hand

53] Sorrow will pay no debt

54] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

55] Wiles help weak folk

56] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

57] Actions speak louder than words

58] It is not every question that deserves an answer

59] A good lather is half the shave

60] Laugh and grow fat

61] He that burns most, shines most

62] Kind hearts are more than coronets

63] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

64] Without diligence, no prize

65] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

66] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

67] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

68] Much science, much sorrow

69] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

70] Little things are pretty

71] Asking costs little

72] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

73] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

74] There is a black sheep in every flock

75] He that will thrive must rise at five

76] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

77] Too much curiosity lost paradise

78] He that pities another remembers himself

79] First thrive then wive

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

81] Every flow must have its ebb

82] No good building without a good foundation.

83] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

84] Do unto others as they should do unto you

85] Affection blinds reason

86] For a web begun, God sends the thread

87] Brevity is the soul of wit

88] Novelty always appears handsome

89] The first step is the hardest

90] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

91] Life is not all beer and skittles

92] What must be must be

93] The more cost, the more honour

94] He that is absent is soon forgotten

95] Children learn to creep ere they can go

96] Danger makes men devout

97] Better an apple given than eaten

98] Alms never make poor

99] The company makes the feast

100] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered