Famous Proverbs

1] A scalded cat fears hot water.

2] Love conquers all

3] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

4] Distance lends enchantment to the view

5] Too much hope deceives

6] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

7] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

8] Care killed the cat

9] There is a black sheep in every flock

10] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

11] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

12] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

13] Master easy, servant slack

14] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

15] The darkest place is under the candlestick

16] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

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

18] Precept begins, examples accomplish

19] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

20] Give and take is fair play

21] Abundance, like want, ruins many

22] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

23] Patience is a plaster for all sores

24] What will not money do?

25] It chances in an hour, that appears not in seven years

26] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

27] Kill two birds with one stone

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

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

30] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

31] The more wicked, the more lucky

32] All’s well that ends well

33] The longest journey starts with a single step

34] A cat has nine lives

35] The resolved mind has no cares

36] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

37] He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich

38] The devil dances in an empty pocket

39] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

40] Misfortune arrives on horseback but departs on foot

41] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

42] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

43] A beggar can never be bankrupt

44] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

45] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

46] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

47] You can’t clap with one hand

48] He that demands misses not, unless his demands be foolish

49] He that has no money needs no purse

50] Pardon makes offenders

51] One man sows and another reaps

52] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

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

54] He that obey cannot command

55] No hair so small but has his shadow

56] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

57] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

58] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

59] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

60] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

61] Better to ask the way than go astray.

62] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

63] Failure teaches success

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

65] Truth has a good face but bad clothes

66] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

67] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

68] The best fish swim near the bottom

69] Of one ill come many

70] Little by little and bit by bit.

71] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

72] A good paymaster needs no surety

73] If one will not, another will

74] At a good bargain thinks twice

75] Better never begin than never make an end

76] Little pitchers have big ears.

77] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

78] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

79] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

80] Pleasing ware is half sold

81] If you want peace, prepare for war

82] Better late than never, but better never late

83] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

84] All griefs with bread are less

85] Death is the grand leveler

86] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

87] He that obey cannot command

88] A short cut is often a wrong cut

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

90] Plain dealing is a jewel

91] Fish and guests smell in three days

92] Gifts blind the eyes.

93] A stitch in time saves nine

94] Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.

95] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

96] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

97] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

98] Share and share alike

99] All that glitters is not gold

100] Idle folks have the least leisure