Famous Proverbs

1] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

2] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

3] One hand washes the other

4] Choose thy company before thy drink

5] Mere wishes are silly fishes

6] Excessive happiness produces pain

7] Sorrow will pay no debt

8] Fools grow without watering.

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

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

11] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

12] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

13] Pride goes before a fall

14] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

15] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

16] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

17] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

18] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

19] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

20] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

21] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

22] Ill news comes unsent for.

23] The longest day must have an end

24] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

25] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

26] United we stand, divided we fall

27] Nearest the heart comes out first

28] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

29] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

30] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

31] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

32] Love delights in praise

33] Nothing seek, nothing find

34] Of a new prince, new bondage

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

36] The Pen is mightier than the sword

37] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

38] Everything comes to him who waits

39] Hard cases make bad law

40] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

41] Master easy, servant slack

42] Everything would fain live

43] Good words are worth much and cost little

44] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

45] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

46] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

47] Who greases his way travels easily

48] The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man

49] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)

50] God’s lambs will play.

51] A word spoken is past recalling

52] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

53] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

54] A man may bear till his back breaks

55] He that speaks well, flights well

56] No man so good but another may be as good as he

57] Like will to like

58] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

59] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

60] The longest way round is the shortest way home

61] Whatever man has done, man can do

62] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

63] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

64] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

65] Misfortunes never come singly

66] Appearances are deceptive

67] Men are not angles

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

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

70] A golden key opens every door

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

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

73] No man limps because another is hurt

74] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

75] A little impatience will spoil great plans

76] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

77] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

78] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

79] Experience is the best teacher

80] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

81] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

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

83] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

84] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

85] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

86] Don’t play with edged tools

87] Fingers were made before forks

88] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

89] Bad luck often brings good luck

90] Better an apple given than eaten

91] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

92] A penny saved is a penny gained

93] Fools live poor to die rich

94] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

95] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

96] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

97] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

98] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

99] Early sow, early mow

100] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money