Famous Proverbs

1] Blood will have blood

2] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

3] He that brings good news, knocks hard

4] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

5] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

6] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

7] After the extreme of cold comes spring

8] The ant had wings to her hurt

9] The best things come in small packages

10] The darkest place is under the candlestick

11] Tigers and deer do not over.

12] The tide must be taken when it comes

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

14] New meat begets a new appetite

15] Great barkers are no biters

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

17] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

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

19] Marriage is a lottery

20] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

21] Change of pasture makes fat calves

22] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

23] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

24] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

25] Choose thy company before thy drink

26] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

27] Sweet are the uses of adversity

28] Never refuse a good offer

29] No like is the same.

30] Love can find a way

31] He that is down need fear no fall

32] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

33] Ill news comes unsent for.

34] Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

35] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

36] He is lifeless that is faultless

37] Good counsel never comes amiss

38] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

39] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

40] When in doubt, do nothing

41] Wisdom is better than strength

42] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

43] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

44] Fine feathers make fine birds.

45] Travel broadens the mind

46] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

47] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

48] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

49] Names are debts

50] Give the devil his due

51] Ambition loses many a man

52] Experience must be bought

53] Truth is mighty and will prevail

54] The devil lurks behind the cross

55] Better be a fool than a knave

56] What will not money do?

57] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

58] One man’s means another man’s poison

59] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

60] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

61] Lucky men need no counsel

62] Speech is silver, silence is golden

63] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

64] At a good bargain thinks twice

65] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

66] Empty vessels make the most noise

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

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

69] Bad news travels fast

70] Hasty work, double work,

71] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

72] Walls have ears

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

74] A fool always rushes to the fore.

75] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

76] Do as say, not as I do

77] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

78] Four eyes see more than two

79] Do unto others as they should do unto you

80] Cast not the first stone.

81] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

82] A hungry man is angry man

83] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

84] Beware of no man more than himself

85] In fair weather prepare for foul

86] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

87] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

88] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

89] As soon as there is life there is danger

90] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

91] Not even Hercules could contend against two

92] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

93] Remember, you are but a man

94] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

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

96] First come, first served

97] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

98] Other times, other manners

99] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

100] Better be alone than in bad company