Famous Proverbs

1] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

2] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

3] Money can influence even the spirits

4] The wisest of the wise may err.

5] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

6] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

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

8] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

9] Actions speak louder than words

10] Do as I say, not as I do

11] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

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

13] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

14] Many hands make light work

15] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

16] An old fox is not easily snared

17] Haste makes waste

18] The fox may grow grey, but never good

19] A single rose does not mean spring

20] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

21] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

22] Alms never make poor

23] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

24] Don’t kick against the pricks

25] As soon as there is life there is danger

26] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

27] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

28] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

29] Erring is not heating

30] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

31] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

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

33] Save a stranger from the sea and he’ll turn your enemy

34] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

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

36] Do not limp before the lame

37] Fair face, foul heart

38] Love turns pimples

39] Slow and steady wins the race

40] Old foxes want no tutors

41] Take away fuel, take away flame

42] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

43] A light purse makes a heavy heart

44] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

45] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

46] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

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

48] Bad excuses are worse than none.

49] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

50] The company makes the feast

51] Men are not angles

52] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

53] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

54] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

55] Might is right

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

57] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

58] When one door shuts, another opens

59] Travel broadens the mind

60] The coward threatens only when he is safe

61] Every one thinks his own cross is heaviest

62] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

63] Time flees without a delay

64] He who sows, trusts in God

65] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

66] Little by little and bit by bit.

67] Leave well alone

68] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

69] Fools rejoice at promises

70] Silence is also speech

71] A bad workman always blames his tools

72] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

73] A good conscience is a constant feast

74] Art improves Nature

75] Desire beautifies what is ugly

76] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

77] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

78] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

79] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

80] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

81] Often and little eating makes a man fat

82] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

83] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

84] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

85] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

86] Old cattle breed not

87] A good beginning is half the battle.

88] Once a knave, always a knave

89] The more you have the more you want

90] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

91] He that can stay. Obtains

92] Repentance comes too late

93] First catch your hare

94] Better an apple given than eaten

95] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

96] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

97] Take things as you find them

98] Patience surpasses learning

99] As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamp

100] Come with the wind, got with the water