Famous Proverbs

1] Men are known by the company they keep.

2] He who envies admits his inferiority

3] Easy come, easy go

4] Never too late to learn

5] Wrong has no warrant

6] Cheats never prosper

7] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

8] If you play with fire you get burnt

9] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

10] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

11] All meat pleases not all mouths

12] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

13] Long looked for, comes at last

14] Will is no skill

15] Standing pools gather fifth

16] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

17] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

18] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

19] Muck and money go together

20] Example is the greatest of all seducers

21] Rip not up old sores

22] Even Homer sometimes nods

23] Honest is the best policy

24] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

25] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

26] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

27] Make hay while the sun shines

28] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

29] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

30] A good husband makes a good wife

31] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

32] Nature surpasses art

33] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

34] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

35] Enough is as good as a feast

36] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

37] Home is home though it be never so homely

38] Much law but little justice

39] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

40] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

41] So many men, so many opinions

42] Great trees keep down the little ones

43] The garment worn determines how one is served

44] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

45] Words fly, writings remain

46] Soon gotten, soon spent

47] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

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

49] What’s in a name?

50] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

51] Love is never without jealousy

52] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

53] Better ask the way than go astray

54] Delays are not denials

55] Plain dealing is best

56] All that glitters is not gold

57] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

58] One sword keeps another in the sheath

59] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

60] Death keeps no calendar

61] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

62] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

63] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

64] He who comes first, grinds first.

65] Wisdom is better than strength

66] After the extreme of cold comes spring

67] Speech is silver, silence is golden

68] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

69] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

70] Jack is as good as his master

71] Half a word is enough for a wise man

72] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

73] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

74] The longest day must have an end

75] Fish begins to stink at the head

76] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

77] Take away fuel, take away flame

78] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

79] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

80] Where there is no might, right loses itself

81] A good beginning is half the battle.

82] The road to hell is paved with good action

83] A good name is sooner lost than won

84] One may change the place but not the mind.

85] A good lather is half the shave

86] He that lends, gives

87] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

88] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

89] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

90] Poverty is not a crime

91] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

92] Honour is the reward of virtue

93] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

94] When you do not know what to do – wait.

95] New meat begets a new appetite

96] Don’t ride the high horse

97] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

98] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

99] A good name is a rich heritage

100] When angry, count a hundred