Famous Proverbs

1] The fox may grow grey, but never good

2] It is more pain to do nothing than something

3] God helps those who help themselves

4] There is nothing lost by civility

5] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

6] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

7] A good lather is half the shave

8] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

9] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

10] Advice is something the wise don’t need and fools won’t take

11] Health and money go far

12] The devil lurks behind the cross

13] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

14] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

15] Never hit a man when he’s down

16] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

17] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

18] The ass that brays most eats

19] God made the country ,and man made the town

20] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

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

22] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

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

24] The highest branch is not the safest roost

25] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

26] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

27] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

28] Laughter makes good blood

29] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

30] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden

31] Revenge never repairs an injury

32] The tailor makes the man

33] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

34] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

35] Nothing seek, nothing find

36] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

37] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

38] A good servant must have good wages

39] All heiresses are beautiful.

40] Out of sight, out of mind

41] Blood is thicker than water

42] We have all been once in our life

43] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

44] Every medal has its reverse

45] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

46] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

47] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

48] Spread the table, and contention will cease

49] It is too late to husband when all is spent

50] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

51] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

52] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

53] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

54] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

55] There is a black sheep in every flock

56] Nature abhors a vacuum

57] One must howl with the wolves

58] Ambition loses many a man

59] One can’t help many, but many can help one

60] It never rains it pours

61] Little by little and bit by bit.

62] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale

63] A bad workman always blames his tools

64] A miss is as good as a mile

65] Saying is one thing, and doing another

66] What is worse than ill luck?

67] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

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

69] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

70] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

71] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

72] Children and fools cannot lie.

73] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

74] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

75] Share and share alike

76] Moderation in all things

77] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

78] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

79] It takes two to make a quarrel

80] The longest way round is the shortest way home

81] In wine there is truth

82] No hair so small but has his shadow

83] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

84] Love knows no limit

85] A crust is better than no bread.

86] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

87] All must be as God will

88] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

89] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

90] Hope is grief’s best music

91] Corn him well and he will work better

92] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

93] Better ask the way than go astray

94] Many words, many buffets

95] The more cost, the more honour

96] A man with no hands is given a ring.

97] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

98] One sheep follows another

99] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

100] Between two stools you fall to the ground