Famous Proverbs

1] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

2] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

3] Every advantage has its disadvantage

4] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

5] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

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

7] Discontent is the first step in progress

8] Extremes meet

9] No pain, no cure

10] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

11] He freezes who does not burn

12] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

13] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

14] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

15] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

16] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

17] Marriages are made in heaven

18] Wink at small faults

19] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

20] Friendship should not be all on one

21] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

22] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

23] Every man has his faults

24] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

25] All our pomp the earth covers

26] It is too late to call back yesterday

27] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

28] Little things are pretty

29] The borrower is servant to the lender

30] Envy never enriched any man.

31] Necessity knows no law

32] Good clothes open all doors

33] Things are only worth one makes them worth

34] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

35] The fairest flowers soonest fade

36] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

37] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

38] Youth will have its course.

39] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

40] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

41] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

42] The hand that gives, gathers

43] Beware of a silent man and still water

44] There is no smoke without fire

45] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

46] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

47] Morning dreams come true

48] Better be safe than sorry

49] An old dog barks not in vain

50] Plain dealing is best

51] A good name is better than riches

52] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

53] Praise no man till he is dead.

54] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

55] Four eyes see more than two

56] Strength grows stronger by being tried

57] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

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

59] Be careful to whom you give

60] No man fears what he has seen grow

61] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

62] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

63] He who demands does not command

64] If you play with fire you get burnt

65] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

66] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

67] Lend your money and lose a friend

68] Few words are best

69] Never do evil that good may come of it

70] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

71] Common fame is seldom to blame

72] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

73] Small is the seed of every greatness

74] One may change the place but not the mind.

75] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

76] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

77] Patience is a virtue

78] The longest way round is the shortest way home

79] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

80] A willful man will have his way

81] He who leaps high must take a long run

82] Between two stools you fall to the ground

83] Nothing is given so freely as advice

84] A short cut is often a wrong cut

85] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

86] Once a use and ever a custom

87] Actions speak louder than words

88] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

89] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

90] Poverty parts friendship

91] The bull must be taken by the horns

92] Poverty is the mother of crime

93] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

94] Beauty is but skin-deep

95] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

96] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

97] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

98] Everything comes to him who waits

99] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

100] Never too late to late to repent