Famous Proverbs

1] A good conscience is a soft pillow

2] Look on the bright side

3] Let the buyer beware

4] He laughs best who laughs last

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

6] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

7] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

8] Think of ease, but work on.

9] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

10] Many eyes upon the king

11] Sooner begun, sooner done

12] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

13] In my own house, I am king

14] Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter

15] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

16] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

17] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

18] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

19] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

20] Friendship should not be all on one

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

22] Past cure, past care

23] A jack of all traders is master of none

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

25] Money is the sinews of war

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

27] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

28] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

29] Every man has his price

30] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

31] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

32] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

33] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

34] Silence is a woman’s best garment

35] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

36] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

37] In indecision itself, grief is present.

38] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

39] Parents are patterns

40] He that has good money, gives few alms

41] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

42] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

43] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

44] Beware of no man more than himself

45] Cheap is dear in the long run.

46] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

47] Four eyes see better than two.

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

49] As you bake, so shall you eat.

50] Little things are great to little men

51] Few words are best

52] First catch your hare

53] Do not kick against the pricks

54] Soft fire makes sweet malt

55] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

56] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

57] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

58] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

59] The falling drops hollow the stone

60] Life means strife

61] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

62] Sow thin and mow thin

63] Big fish eat little fish

64] The devil looks after his own

65] Children and fools cannot lie.

66] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

67] You never know your luck

68] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

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

70] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

71] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it

72] Best is cheapest

73] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

74] He that will thrive must rise at five

75] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

76] No man is born wise or learned

77] What costs little is little esteemed

78] Truth has a good face but bad clothes

79] Wife and Children are bills of charges

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

81] No man can serve two masters

82] There is no time like the present

83] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

84] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

85] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

86] The absent saint gets no candle

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

88] When the cat is away, the mice will play

89] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

90] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

91] Master easy, servant slack

92] In haste is error

93] Of one ill come many

94] Patience surpasses learning

95] All that glitters is not gold

96] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

97] Better ask the way than go astray

98] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

99] Six feet of earth make all men equal

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