Famous Proverbs

1] Anything will fit a naked man.

2] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

3] All things are possible with god

4] As you brew, so shall you drink.

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

6] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

7] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

8] Little things please little minds

9] Pursuits become habits

10] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

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

12] Wine unveils the words of the heart

13] There is nothing like being on the safe side

14] No man is content with his lot

15] In the end, things will mend

16] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

17] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

18] Don’t kick against the pricks

19] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

20] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

21] Little things are pretty

22] Youth will have its course.

23] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

24] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

25] The mob has many heads but no brains

26] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

27] All good things must come to an end

28] Despair gives courage to a coward

29] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

30] There’s a black sheep in every flock

31] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

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

33] A man may bear till his back breaks

34] Every man is his own worst enemy

35] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

36] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

37] Children and chickens must be always picking

38] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

39] Do right and fear no man

40] The darkest place is under the candlestick

41] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

42] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

43] Good fences make good neighbours

44] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

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

46] The highest branch is not the safest roost

47] Be careful to whom you give

48] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

49] Creditors have better memories than debtors

50] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

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

52] There are two sides to every question

53] We soon believe what we desire

54] Nature surpasses art

55] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

56] Too much money makes one mad

57] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

58] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

59] Let not the sun do down on your wrath

60] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

61] Diamond cuts diamond

62] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

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

64] First come, first served

65] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

66] Discretion is the better part of valour

67] He that eats well should do his duty well

68] Every man praises his own wares

69] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

70] You win some, you lose some

71] What is a workman without his tools?

72] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

73] An oak is not felled at one stroke

74] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

75] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

76] No cross, no crown

77] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

78] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

79] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

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

81] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

82] An army marches on its stomach

83] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

84] He who has seen little marvels much

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

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

87] You can’t clap with one hand

88] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

89] There is no smoke without fire

90] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

91] Make hay while the sun shines

92] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

93] Life begins only in success

94] He that would catch fish must venture his bait

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

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

97] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

98] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

99] A wicked man is his own hell

100] A fair face may hide a foul heart.