Famous Proverbs

1] None so busy as those who do nothing.

2] The first blow is half the battle

3] An old dog barks not in vain

4] The resolved mind has no cares

5] Might is right

6] Like question, like answer.

7] Man proposes, God disposes

8] A good dog deserves a good bone

9] Too much cunning undoes

10] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

11] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

12] Empty vessels make the most sound

13] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

14] Men are not to be measured in inches

15] Idle folks have the least leisure

16] A rich man’s joke is always funny

17] Do not triumph before the victory

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

19] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

20] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

21] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

22] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

23] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

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

25] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer

26] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

27] Wise men silent, fools talk

28] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

29] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

30] Dead men don’t bite

31] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

32] Patience is a plaster for all sores

33] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

34] Never do evil that good may come of it

35] True doctrines require no miracles

36] Accidents will happen

37] Long looked for, comes at last

38] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

39] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

40] A bully never grows up.

41] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

42] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

43] Easier said than done

44] Where there is peace, God is

45] Judge not of men and things at first sight

46] Great oaks from little acorns grow

47] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

48] Ignorance is the peace of life

49] It is not every question that deserves an answer

50] The end justifies the means

51] God arms the harmless

52] A bad padlock invites a picklock

53] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

54] The tide must be taken when it comes

55] Bread is the staff of life.

56] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

57] A hedge between keeps friendship green

58] The highest branch is not the safest roost

59] An empty sack cannot stand upright

60] Quickly come, quickly go

61] Pardon makes offenders

62] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.

63] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

64] Slow and steady wins the race

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

66] Money talks

67] He that wants health wants all

68] He who does not heed the good advice of an experienced person will soon find himself suffering for his stubbornness.

69] Ill news comes unsent for.

70] Never hit a man when he’s down

71] A little impatience will spoil great plans

72] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

73] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

74] Two wrongs do not make a right

75] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

76] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

77] None but the brave deserves the fair

78] All griefs with bread are less

79] Of a new prince, new bondage

80] Dumb dogs are dangerous

81] One potter envies another

82] Practice makes perfect

83] To err is human

84] Better late than never, but better never late

85] A good name is a rich heritage

86] Better be safe than sorry

87] Manners and money make a gentleman

88] Much would have more

89] Do right and fear no man

90] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

91] At a good bargain thinks twice

92] Better be born lucky than wise.

93] Honesty is the best policy

94] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

95] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

96] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

97] A little too late, is much too late

98] Prospect is often better than possession

99] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

100] The bull must be taken by the horns