Famous Proverbs

1] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

2] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

3] Travel broadens the mind

4] A bully never grows up.

5] A good conscience is a constant feast

6] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

7] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

8] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

9] Every may be has a may not be

10] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

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

12] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

13] Nature is content with little.

14] He who begins many things, finishes but few

15] Morning dreams come true

16] Discretion is the better part of valour

17] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

18] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

19] A fool and his money are soon parted

20] Fair without, false within

21] When in doubt, do nothing

22] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

23] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

24] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

25] There is nothing that costs less than civility

26] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

27] As you sow, so shall you reap

28] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

29] Needs must when the evil drives

30] No pain, no cure

31] Still waters run deep

32] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

33] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

34] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

35] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

36] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

37] One kindness is the price of another

38] Hitch your wagon to a star

39] Every one thinks his own cross is heaviest

40] When bitterness reaches its extreme, sweetness will follow

41] Lovers are madmen

42] He that is down need fear no fall

43] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

44] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

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

46] Time has wings

47] Small is beautiful

48] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

49] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

50] Better at home than a mile from it

51] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

52] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

53] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

54] Waste is not grandeur

55] What’s done is done

56] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

57] Everything must have a beginning

58] Money talks

59] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

60] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

61] Whatever man has done, man can do

62] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

63] A goose drinks as much as gander

64] You win some, you lose some

65] The tide must be taken when it comes

66] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

67] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

68] Words bind men

69] A little help is worth a deal of pity

70] A fault once denied is twice committed

71] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

72] The last drop makes the cup run over

73] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

74] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

75] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

76] No cross, no crown

77] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

78] Health and money go far

79] One father is more than a hundred school masters

80] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

81] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

82] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

83] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

84] The great fish eat up the small

85] Too much curiosity lost paradise

86] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

87] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

88] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

89] Like father, like son

90] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

91] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

92] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

93] Appetite comes with eating

94] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

95] Great actions speak minds

96] One reason is as good as fifty

97] The bull must be taken by the horns

98] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

99] The sign brings customers

100] Every man has his faults