Famous Proverbs

1] A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

3] An honest good look covers many faults.

4] A friend in need is a friend indeed

5] It is the first step that is troublesome

6] A good heart cannot lie.

7] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

8] Desperate diseases need desperate cures

9] The lion had need of the mouse

10] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

11] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

12] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

13] Repentance is a bitter physic

14] Woes unite foes

15] Crowns have cares

16] Judge not the tree by its bark

17] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

18] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

19] Tell a lie and stick to it.

20] He is an ill husband who is not missed

21] The best wine comes from an old vessel

22] Tell the truth and shame the devil

23] No pains, no gains

24] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

25] Many hands make light work

26] Distance lends enchantment to the view

27] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

28] It is the first step that is troublesome

29] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

30] Go not to hell for company

31] He who does no good, does evil enough

32] There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it

33] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

34] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

35] Better say noting than no to the purpose

36] Even reckoning makes long friends

37] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

38] A mouse may help a lion

39] Everything new is fine

40] His own ingenuity pricks him.

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

42] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

43] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

44] Train the child in the way he should go.

45] Divine grace was never slow

46] Blood is thicker than water

47] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

48] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

49] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

50] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

51] Lucky men need no counsel

52] Silence is golden

53] A good dog deserves a good bone

54] Better unborn than untaught

55] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

56] Grief pent up will break the heart

57] The mob tramples on the coward

58] Better learn late than never

59] Many a true word is spoken in jest

60] Fair play’s a jewel

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

62] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

63] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

64] Tomorrow never comes

65] First thrive then wive

66] What is worth doing is worth doing well

67] A bad excuse is better than none at all

68] The early bird catches the worm

69] When bees area old, they yield n honey

70] A good tongue is a good weapon

71] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

72] Dying men speak true

73] Cheats never prosper

74] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

75] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

76] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

77] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

78] Never too late to late to repent

79] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

80] Love delights in praise

81] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

82] Frugality is the mother of virtue

83] Long absent, soon forgotten

84] A man may bear till his back breaks

85] Health and money go far

86] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

87] He who demands does not command

88] Common fame is seldom to blame

89] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

90] Busiest men find the most time

91] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

92] Truth has no need of rhetoric

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

94] Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

95] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

96] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

97] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

98] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

99] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

100] How forceful are right words