Famous Proverbs

1] Lookers-on see most of the game

2] A little is better than none

3] Prospect is often better than possession

4] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

5] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

6] A good conscience is a soft pillow

7] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

8] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

9] The fox may grow grey, but never good

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

11] Six feet of earth make all men equal

12] Sorrow will pay no debt

13] Man proposes, God disposes

14] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

15] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

16] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

17] Hard cases make bad law

18] No one betrays himself by silence

19] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

20] When the word is out it belongs to another

21] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

22] The falling drops hollow the stone

23] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

24] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

25] Familiarity breeds contempt

26] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

27] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

28] He thinks not well that thinks not again

29] Better to ask the way than go astray.

30] If the cap fits, wear it

31] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

32] Too many cooks spoil the broth

33] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

34] There’s a time and place for everything

35] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

36] Long looked for, comes at last

37] Better ask the way than go astray

38] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

39] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

40] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

41] Let sleeping dogs lie

42] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

43] Death does not recognize strength

44] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

45] Don’t cry before you are hurt

46] Long absent, soon forgotten

47] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

48] Home is home though it be never so homely

49] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

50] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

51] Blood will have blood

52] Many eyes upon the king

53] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

54] Of evil manners, spring good laws

55] Kindness lies in one side of the house

56] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

57] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

58] Where there’s muck, there’s money

59] Sooner begun, sooner done

60] It is good to follow the old fox

61] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

62] Put out your tubs when it is raining

63] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

64] There are more ways to the wood than one.

65] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

66] We don’t get something for nothing

67] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

68] The road to hell is paved with good action

69] A good beginning makes a good ending.

70] A good marksman may miss

71] Trusting often makes fidelity

72] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

73] He who pays the piper calls the tune

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

75] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

76] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

77] See how the wind blows

78] One must howl with the wolves

79] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

80] He that would catch fish must venture his bait

81] Possibilities are infinite

82] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

83] It is more blessed to give than to receive

84] Don’t cry for the moon

85] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

86] Good goods are not cheap; cheap goods are not good

87] Make hay while the sun shines

88] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

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

90] Better never begin than never make an end

91] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

92] He that blows best, bears away the horn

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

94] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

95] Money talks

96] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

97] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

98] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

99] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

100] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood