Famous Proverbs

1] Do not limp before the lame

2] Experience is good if not bought too dear

3] A bad workman always blames his tools

4] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

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

6] Still waters run deep

7] Words fly, writings remain

8] A man of courage never wants weapons

9] The end justifies the means

10] Marriages are made in heaven

11] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

12] Give credit where credit is due

13] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

14] It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

15] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

16] Might knows no right

17] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

18] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

19] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

20] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

21] History repeats itself

22] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

23] We shall lie all alike in our graves

24] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

25] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

26] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

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

28] Error cannot be defended but by error

29] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

30] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

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

32] First impressions are half the battle

33] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

34] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

35] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

36] To advise someone not to gamble is to win money for him

37] There are two sides to every question

38] He that keeps not crust not crumb, shall ever want some

39] Petty laws breed great crimes

40] The hasty leaps over his opportunities

41] Do as the friar says, not as he does

42] Clothes do not make the man

43] Patience is a virtue

44] Empty vessels make the most sound

45] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

46] All heiresses are beautiful.

47] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

48] The falling drops hollow the stone

49] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

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

51] Silence is golden

52] Haste makes waste

53] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

54] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

55] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

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

57] The longest way round is the shortest way home

58] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

59] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

60] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

61] One sword keeps another in the sheath

62] Hunger is sharper than the sword

63] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

64] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

65] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

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

67] His own ingenuity pricks him.

68] Like will to like

69] Let us do evil that good may come

70] Once bitten, twice shy.

71] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

72] Friendship should not be all on one

73] Ill luck is good for something

74] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

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

76] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

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

78] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

79] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

80] A man in debt is caught in a net

81] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

82] Corn him well and he will work better

83] Ambition makes people diligent

84] Sooner begun, sooner done

85] Go while the going is good

86] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

87] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

88] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

89] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

90] You may have too much of a good thing

91] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

92] He who last, laughs longest.

93] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

94] Slow help is no help

95] A fool always rushes to the fore.

96] You may know by a handful the whole sack

97] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

98] Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage

99] Better eye sore than al blind

100] Opportunity seldom knocks twice