Famous Proverbs

1] Death is the grand leveler

2] It is more blessed to give than to receive

3] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

4] Judge not, that ye be not judged

5] The greatest step is that out of doors

6] Pursuits become habits

7] Children pick up words as pigeons peas, and utter than again as god shall please

8] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

9] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

10] The Pen is mightier than the sword

11] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

12] He preaches well (or best) that lives well (or best).

13] The deed comes back upon the doer.

14] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

15] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

16] All griefs with bread are less

17] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

18] The best things in life are free

19] Names are debts

20] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

21] Call a spade a spade

22] Every cloud has a silver lining

23] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

24] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

25] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

26] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

27] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

28] Tie a chicken with an elephant rope, and it will slip off; tie an elephant with a chicken-tether, and it will break away.

29] Sickness soaks the purse

30] A friend is easier lost than found

31] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

32] Misfortune makes foes of friends

33] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

34] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

35] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

36] Variety takes away satiety

37] It is never too late to mend

38] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

39] A good dog deserves a good bone

40] There is no accounting for tastes

41] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

42] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

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

44] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

45] For a web begun, God sends the thread

46] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

47] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

48] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

49] Words cut more than swords

50] A fault once denied is twice committed

51] Children and fools have merry lives

52] He preaches well (or best) that lives well (or best).

53] Erring is not heating

54] Accidents will happen

55] Money is the root of all evil

56] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

57] Never too late to learn

58] All is fair in love and war

59] What is word but wind?

60] Comparisons are odious

61] Better at home than a mile from it

62] Tell the truth and shame the devil

63] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

64] The child is father of the man

65] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

66] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

67] Sooner begun, sooner done

68] Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness

69] God made the country ,and man made the town

70] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most

71] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

72] Hunger is the teacher of many

73] It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

74] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

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

76] He that is absent is soon forgotten

77] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

78] He laughs best who laughs last

79] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

80] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

81] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

82] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

83] Fair play’s a jewel

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

85] No day so clear but has dark clouds

86] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

87] Idleness is the root of all evil

88] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

89] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

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

91] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

92] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

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

94] All roads lead to Rome

95] If the cap fits, wear it

96] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

97] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

98] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

99] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

100] There is no garden without its weeds