Famous Proverbs

1] Crime does not pay

2] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

3] Everything new is fine

4] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

5] Where there is no might, right loses itself

6] An old man’s sayings are seldom untrue

7] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

8] An open door may tempt a saint

9] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

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

11] Grin and bear it

12] A word before is worth two behind

13] Gifts blind the eyes.

14] The beaten road is the safest

15] He thinks not well that thinks not again

16] All’s well that ends well

17] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

18] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

19] A little is better than none

20] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

21] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

22] Covetousness brings nothing home

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

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

25] He that sows virtue reaps fame

26] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

27] Beauty fades like a flower.

28] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

29] Liars should have good memories

30] No sweet without sweat

31] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

32] The cowl does not make the monk.

33] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

34] You cannot have your cake and eat it

35] He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.

36] A good dog deserves a good bone

37] The world is full of fools

38] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

39] Do unto others as they should do unto you

40] Wife and Children are bills of charges

41] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

42] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

43] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

44] The beaten road is the safest

45] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

46] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

47] Lookers-on see most of the game

48] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

49] Things are seldom what they seem.

50] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

51] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

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

53] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

54] They that dance must pay the fiddler

55] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

56] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

57] Friendship should not be all on one side

58] Health without money is half an ague

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

60] Past cure, past care

61] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

62] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

63] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

64] Man cannot live by bread alone

65] Every oak has been an acorn

66] To err is human

67] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

68] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

69] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

70] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

71] Penny wise, pound foolish

72] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

73] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

74] Love knows no limit

75] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

76] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

77] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

78] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

79] A good paymaster needs no surety

80] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

81] The sign brings customers

82] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

83] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

84] Too many cooks spoil the broth

85] God made the country ,and man made the town

86] Stolen sweets are sweeter

87] Patience is the remedy of the world

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

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

90] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

91] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

92] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

93] The fox may grow grey, but never good

94] Big fish eat little fish

95] The falling drops hollow the stone

96] He who sows, trusts in God

97] The wish is father to the thought

98] One hand washes the other

99] Adam’s ale is the best brew

100] One is not smelt where all stink