Famous Proverbs

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

2] A good servant must have good wages

3] He that is born a fool is never cured

4] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.

5] A good word stills great anger

6] All things that great men do are well done

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

8] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

9] The course of true love never did run smooth

10] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

11] What is word but wind?

12] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

13] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

14] The best things are hard to come by.

15] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

16] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

17] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

18] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

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

20] Wisdom is better than strength

21] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

22] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

23] Money isn’t everything

24] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

25] A golden key opens every door

26] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

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

28] The beaten road is the safest

29] No choice amongst stinking fish

30] Take things as you find them

31] A wicked man is his own hell

32] Too many cooks spoil the broth

33] You must grin and bear it

34] Happy is the country (or nation) that has no history

35] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

36] Delay is the antidote of anger

37] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

38] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

39] He that lives ill, fear follows him

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

41] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

42] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

43] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

44] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

45] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

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

47] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

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

49] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

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

51] Pleasing ware is half sold

52] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

53] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

54] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

55] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

56] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

57] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

58] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

59] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

60] Variety takes away satiety

61] There is no tree but bears some fruit

62] There is honour among thieves

63] Poor folk fare the best

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

65] Nothing is so certain as death

66] It’s a long lane that has no turning

67] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

68] First impressions are most lasting

69] He who begins many things, finishes but few

70] Where there’s muck, there’s money

71] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

72] Many dishes make many diseases

73] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

74] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

75] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

76] Friendship should not be all on one side

77] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

78] Every advantage has its disadvantage

79] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

80] Every cloud has a silver lining

81] One foot is better than two crutches

82] It is easy to be wise after the event

83] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

84] It is useless to flog a dead horse

85] Time lost cannot be recalled

86] Don’t ride the high horse

87] A good marksman may miss

88] Beware of no man more than himself

89] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

90] Suffering does not manifest itself

91] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.

92] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

93] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

94] All things require skills but an appetite

95] No like is the same.

96] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

97] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

98] Petty laws breed great crimes

99] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

100] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes