Famous Proverbs

1] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

2] The last drop makes the cup run over

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

4] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

5] He who never was sick dies the first fit

6] Too long burden makes weary bones

7] Valour delights in the test

8] Every path has a puddle

9] You cannot make bricks without straw

10] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

11] A single filament of silk does not make a thread; a single tree does not make a forest

12] When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

13] He who last, laughs longest.

14] A watched pot never boils

15] Precept begins, examples accomplish

16] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

17] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

18] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

19] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

20] The devil dances in an empty pocket

21] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

22] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

23] You can’t take it with you when you die

24] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

25] It is too late to call back yesterday

26] In haste is error

27] The axe falls on a straight tree first

28] Better be alone than in bad company

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

30] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

31] Blood will have blood

32] An old man is a bed full of bones

33] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

34] A little help is worth a deal of pity

35] Children and fools cannot lie.

36] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

37] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

38] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

39] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

40] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

41] Anything will fit a naked man.

42] It is misery enough to have once been happy

43] Train the child in the way he should go.

44] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

45] He preaches well (or best) that lives well (or best).

46] Blood is thicker than water

47] Variety is the spice of life

48] A good beginning makes a good ending.

49] We have all been once in our life

50] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

51] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

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

53] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

54] A heavy purse makes a light heart

55] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

56] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

57] Love conquers all

58] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

59] He that has a wife, has strife

60] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

61] Christmas comes but once a year

62] Better no doctor at all than three.

63] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

64] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

65] A black hen lays a white egg

66] The unexpected always happens.

67] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

68] A man can die but once

69] Fool’s haste is no speed

70] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

71] Don’t cry for the moon

72] There is safety in numbers

73] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

74] It is easier to pull down than to build

75] Open confession is good for the soul

76] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

77] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

78] Travel broadens the mind

79] The tide must be taken when it comes

80] From small beginnings come great things

81] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

82] Penny and penny laid up will be many

83] Time has wings

84] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

85] Every man praises his own wares

86] Good to begin well, better to end well.

87] Little wealth, little care

88] Rip not up old sores

89] He gives twice who gives quickly

90] Fingers were made before forks

91] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

92] Life means strife

93] You may know by a handful the whole sack

94] The age of miracles is past

95] Desires are nourished by delays

96] Where there’s a will there’s a way

97] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

98] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

99] Kill two birds with one stone

100] First try and then trust