Famous Proverbs

1] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

2] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

3] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

4] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

5] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

6] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

7] First things first

8] A healthy man is a successful man

9] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

10] Forgive and forget

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

12] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

13] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

14] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

15] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

16] White there’s life there’s hope

17] Every man must carry his own cross

18] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

19] A light purse makes a heavy heart

20] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

21] Few words are best

22] The early bird catches the worm

23] A rich man’s joke is always funny

24] A fool and his money are soon parted

25] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

26] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

27] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

28] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

29] Patience surpasses learning

30] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

31] The golden age was never the present age

32] Revenge is sweet

33] No day so clear but has dark clouds

34] Haste is of (or from) the devil

35] Wine unveils the words of the heart

36] Asking costs little

37] When angry, count a hundred

38] There are spots even in the sun

39] Like father, like son

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

41] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

42] A single rose does not mean spring

43] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

44] The fox may grow grey, but never good

45] Sow thin and mow thin

46] Time flees without a delay

47] Not even Hercules could contend against two

48] A good friend is my nearest relation

49] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

50] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

51] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

52] Harp not for ever on the same string

53] There is no place like home

54] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

55] Where there are reeds, there is water

56] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

57] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

58] Soon gotten, soon spent

59] He that talks much, errs much

60] It is the unexpected that always happens

61] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

62] Moderation in all things

63] The grace of God enough

64] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

65] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

66] No choice amongst stinking fish

67] Let sleeping dogs lie

68] There is many a true word spoken in jest

69] Money is the sinews of war

70] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

71] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

72] What cannot gold do?

73] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

74] Life begins only in success

75] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

76] Call a spade a spade

77] A good lawyer must be a great liar

78] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

79] The sign brings customers

80] An old dog barks not in vain

81] A good Conscience is the best divinity

82] If one will not, another will

83] Every advantage has its disadvantage

84] In my own house, I am king

85] You cannot make a crab walk straight

86] The hand that gives, gathers

87] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

88] Mirth without measure is madness

89] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

90] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

91] A good example is the best sermon

92] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

93] Children and fools cannot lie.

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

95] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

96] The devil knows many things because he is old

97] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

98] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

99] Ready money is ready medicine

100] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening