Famous Proverbs

1] He that pities another remembers himself

2] Ready money is ready medicine

3] He who considers too much will perform little.

4] All covet all lose.

5] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

6] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

7] Ambition loses many a man

8] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

9] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

10] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

11] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

12] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

13] Flesh is frail

14] Great oaks from little acorns grow

15] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

16] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

17] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

18] A scalded cat fears hot water.

19] Great hopes make great men

20] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

21] Delays are not denials

22] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

23] The darkest place is under the candlestick

24] It is misery enough to have once been happy

25] Share and share alike

26] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

27] Never too late to repent

28] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

29] All things that great men do are well done

30] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

31] Do unto others as they should do unto you

32] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

33] An old horse knows the route

34] Every law has a loophole

35] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

36] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

37] A little is better than none

38] Dog does not eat dog

39] Now is now, and then was then

40] A good name is sooner lost than won

41] Ale will make a cat speak

42] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

43] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

44] Judge not of men and things at first sight

45] His bark is worse than his bite

46] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

47] Shrouds have no pockets

48] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

49] No man so good but another may be as good as he

50] Even a worm will turn

51] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

52] It is ill jesting with edged tools

53] Custom makes all things easy

54] There are spots even in the sun

55] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

56] Life means strife

57] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

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

59] The day obliterates the promise of the might

60] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

61] If today will not, tomorrow may

62] Soon gotten, soon spent

63] Manners and money make a gentleman

64] The longest journey starts with a single step

65] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

66] A burnt child dreads the fire

67] Discontent is the first step in progress

68] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

69] Every dog is valiant at his won door

70] Men are not to be measured in inches

71] Never spur a willing horse

72] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

73] Many a true word is spoken in jest

74] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

75] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

76] Like mistress, like maid

77] A true man and a thief think not the same

78] Life begins only in success

79] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

80] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

81] Do not wear out your welcome

82] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

83] Erring is not heating

84] He knows which side his bread is buttered

85] Don’t cry stinking fish

86] The fox may grow grey, but never good

87] What may be done at any time is done at no time

88] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

89] Who greases his way travels easily

90] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

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

92] The tailor makes the man

93] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

94] A bad workman always blames his tools

95] He is an ill husband who is not missed

96] What is money to a cat?

97] All that glitters is not gold

98] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

99] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

100] Give and take is fair play