Famous Proverbs

1] It is the first step that is troublesome

2] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

3] The value of money is having it.

4] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

5] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

6] The end crowns the work.

7] Of one ill come many

8] An army marches on its stomach

9] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

10] Give a loan and buy quarrel

11] History repeats itself

12] No cross, no crown

13] All’s grist that comes to the mill.

14] Time has wings

15] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

16] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

17] As you bake, so shall you eat.

18] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

19] It’s a long lane that has no turning

20] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

21] Patience surpasses learning

22] Kind hearts are more than coronets

23] Truth has no need of rhetoric

24] The righteous man sins before an open chest

25] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

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

27] Bad luck often brings good luck

28] The road to hell is paved with good action

29] Confess and be hanged

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

31] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

32] Things are only worth one makes them worth

33] Penny and penny laid up will be many

34] The last suitor wins the maid

35] Hungry bellies have no ears

36] Faint heart never won fair lady

37] Money is the root of all evil

38] An oak is not felled at one stroke

39] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

40] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

41] What you don’t know can’t hurt you

42] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

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

44] Charity excuseth not cheating.

45] Two heads are better than one

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

47] Patience is the remedy of the world

48] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

49] The tide must be taken when it comes

50] East or west, home is best

51] Leave well alone

52] Every Jack must have his Jill

53] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

54] Despair gives courage to a coward

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

56] What is deferred is not abandoned

57] It is easier to commend poverty than endure it.

58] You can’t tell a book by its cover

59] Every advantage has its disadvantage

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

61] It is a great victory that comes without blood

62] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

63] The fox may grow grey, but never good

64] Dead men tell no tales

65] Much would have more

66] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

67] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

68] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

69] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

70] Half a word is enough for a wise man

71] It is too late to husband when all is spent

72] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

73] He that has no shame has no conscience

74] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

75] Jack is as good as his master

76] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

77] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

78] Love will find a way

79] Man does what he can, and God what he will

80] Misfortune does not always come to injure

81] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

82] We are all Adam’s children

83] What is money to a cat?

84] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

85] A good lawyer must be a great liar

86] The wish is father to the thought

87] The darkest place is under the candlestick

88] Words cut more than swords

89] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

90] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

91] Love conquers all

92] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

93] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

94] Example, is better than precept

95] The tongue talks at the heads cost

96] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

97] The world is full of fools

98] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

99] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

100] Debt is an evil conscience