Famous Proverbs

1] An Englishman’s home is his castle

2] There is a black sheep in every flock

3] Things past cannot be recalled

4] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

5] You cannot have it both ways

6] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

7] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

8] A true man and a thief think not the same

9] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

10] Time and tide wait for no man

11] A good marksman may miss

12] All is vanity.

13] He that brings good news, knocks hard

14] When you drink water from the stream, don’t forget that the source of it is the spring

15] Love is sweet torment

16] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

17] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

18] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

19] Better to wear out than rust out

20] Hard words break no bones

21] You win some, you lose some

22] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

23] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

24] Look before you leap

25] Friendship should not be all on one

26] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

27] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

28] Every beginning is hard

29] Suffering does not manifest itself

30] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

31] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

32] Once a use and ever a custom

33] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

34] There is no accounting for tastes

35] The first blow is half the battle

36] Suffering does not manifest itself

37] God is a sure paymaster

38] The resolved mind has no cares

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

40] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

41] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

42] The devil is not as black as he is painted

43] Bad news travels fast

44] One sheep follows another

45] Make the best of a bad bargain

46] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

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

48] Custom makes all things easy

49] Never spend your money before you have it

50] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

51] Bad luck often brings good luck

52] A gift much expected is paid, not given

53] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

54] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

55] Fool’s haste is no speed

56] All cats are grey in the dark

57] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

58] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

59] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

60] The money you refuse will never do you good

61] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

62] A little help is worth a deal of pity

63] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

64] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

65] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

66] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

67] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

68] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

69] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

70] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

71] Be careful to whom you give

72] He knows which side his bread is buttered

73] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

74] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

75] A jest breaks no bones

76] Don’t meet trouble half-way

77] He that is born a fool is never cured

78] No man is a hero to his valet

79] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

80] Erring is not heating

81] Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

82] He that can stay. Obtains

83] Gold will not buy everything

84] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

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

86] A good paymaster needs no surety

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

88] No wrong without a remedy

89] Procrastination is the thief of time

90] A great city, a great solitude

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

92] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

93] We live laws, not by examples

94] His own ingenuity pricks him.

95] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

96] A scalded cat fears hot water.

97] Diamond cuts diamond

98] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

99] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

100] An enemy may chance to give good counsel