Famous Proverbs

1] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

2] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

3] There is nothing lost by civility

4] Wise men are caught in wiles

5] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

6] A wicked man is his own hell

7] They are rich who have true friends

8] A light purse makes a heavy heart

9] There’s no place like home

10] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

11] Better eye sore than al blind

12] Nothing is given so freely as advice

13] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

14] A crust is better than no bread.

15] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

16] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

17] Appetite comes with eating

18] The devil is not as black as he is painted

19] Look on the bright side

20] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

21] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

22] Safety lies in the middle course

23] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

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

25] Without diligence, no prize

26] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

27] Her that is down need fear no fall

28] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

29] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

30] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

31] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

32] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

33] If you want peace, prepare for war

34] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

35] We don’t get something for nothing

36] Familiarity breeds contempt

37] The faulty stands on his guard

38] He who considers too much will perform little.

39] We don’t get something for nothing

40] Without wisdom, wealth is worthless

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

42] Put not the bucket too often in the well

43] Every Jack must have his Jill

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

45] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

46] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

47] Love turns pimples

48] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

49] Dead dogs bark not

50] There is safety in numbers

51] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

52] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

53] A cat may look at a king

54] Woes unite foes

55] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

56] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

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

58] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

59] A man may bear till his back breaks

60] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

61] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

62] God provides for him that trusts

63] There is no rose without a thorn

64] All things for not all persons

65] It is good to follow the old fox

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

67] Don’t cry before you are hurt

68] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

69] Travel broadens the mind

70] Better be a fool than a knave

71] The voice is the best music

72] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

73] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

74] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

75] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

76] Lavishness is not generosity

77] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

78] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

79] Better learn late than never

80] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

81] The highest tree has the greatest fall

82] Desires are nourished by delays

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

84] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

85] Rip not up old sores

86] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

87] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

88] Nature is conquered by obeying her

89] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

90] The word is far him who has patience

91] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

92] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

93] Dead men tell no tales

94] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

95] Every bean has its black

96] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

97] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

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

99] Like mistress, like maid

100] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.