Famous Proverbs

1] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

2] It is misery enough to have once been happy

3] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

4] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

5] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

6] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

7] In my own house, I am king

8] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

9] A heavy purse makes a light heart

10] When meat is in anger is out

11] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

12] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

13] Master easy, servant slack

14] Soon gotten, soon spent

15] One is never too old to learn

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

17] You must grin and bear it

18] Crows are all completely black

19] Things are only worth one makes them worth

20] It is equally an error to trust all men or no man

21] Sorrow will pay no debt

22] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

23] Enough is enough

24] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

25] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

26] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

27] We live laws, not by examples

28] Early sow, early mow

29] Numbers overcome the brave

30] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

31] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

32] All our pomp the earth covers

33] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

34] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

35] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

36] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

37] Much meat, much malady

38] Union (or Unity) is strength

39] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

40] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

41] Fair play’s a jewel

42] No answer is also an answer

43] Love conquers all

44] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

45] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

46] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

47] Hitch your wagon to a star

48] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

49] There is truth in wine

50] Distance lends enchantment to the view

51] Ready money is ready medicine

52] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

53] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

54] Diamond cuts diamond

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

56] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

57] The borrower is servant to the lender

58] The first step is the only difficulty

59] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

60] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

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

62] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

63] Little things are pretty

64] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

65] Nature surpasses art

66] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

67] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

68] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

69] Some are wise and some are otherwise

70] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

71] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

72] Remember, you are but a man

73] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

74] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

75] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

76] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

77] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

78] Honest is the best policy

79] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

80] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

81] A word before is worth two behind

82] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

83] No good building without a good foundation.

84] In peace, prepare for war

85] Empty vessels make the most noise

86] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

87] The longest day must have an end

88] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

89] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

90] Wise men propose, and fools determine

91] Give and take is fair play

92] One is what one eats

93] Christmas comes but once a year

94] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

95] Self-praise is no recommendation

96] Better at home than a mile from it

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

98] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

99] A good dog deserves a good bone

100] He that does most at once, does least