Famous Proverbs

1] It costs more to do ill than to do well

2] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

3] Curiosity killed the cat.

4] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

5] A cat has nine lives

6] Words fly, writings remain

7] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

8] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

9] Where there is peace, God is

10] Praise is always pleasant

11] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

12] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

13] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

14] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

15] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

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

17] Don’t tell tales out of school

18] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

19] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

20] Paddle your own canoe

21] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

22] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

23] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

24] Content is better than riches

25] God sends cold after Clothes

26] Better an apple given than eaten

27] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

28] A black hen lays a white egg

29] Pinch the right thigh and the left will feel the pain too.

30] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

31] Great gain makes easy work

32] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

33] He who never was sick dies the first fit

34] He who demands does not command

35] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

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

37] Nothing seek, nothing find

38] A good servant must have good wages

39] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

40] Marriage is a lottery

41] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

42] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

43] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

44] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

45] What costs little is little esteemed

46] They can do least two boast loudest

47] Children and chickens must be always picking

48] There is nothing lost by civility

49] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

50] Rats know the ways of rats

51] Novelty always appears handsome

52] Like will to like

53] There is nothing like being on the safe side

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

55] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

56] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

57] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

58] He is wise who looks ahead

59] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

60] The more you have the more you want

61] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

62] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

63] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

64] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

65] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

66] Good hand, good hire

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

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

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

70] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

71] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

72] Give yourself a pinch, and you will know how a pinch must hurt others

73] Quietness is a great treasure

74] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

75] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

76] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

77] To teach is to learn twice over

78] All cats are grey in the dark

79] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

80] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

81] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

82] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

83] Life is not all beer and skittles

84] A fool and his money are soon parted

85] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

86] The devil dances in an empty pocket

87] That which proves too much proves nothing

88] Boys will be boys

89] A straight stick is crooked in water

90] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

91] All things that great men do are well done

92] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

93] Double charge will rive a cannon

94] III luck is good for something

95] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

96] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

97] Good clothes open all doors

98] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

99] Youth will have its course.

100] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean