Famous Proverbs

1] Misfortune makes foes of friends

2] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

3] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

4] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

5] Words and feathers the wind carries away

6] Idleness is the root of all evil

7] Without diligence, no prize

8] Old foxes want no tutors

9] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

10] It will be the same a hundred years hence

11] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

12] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

13] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

14] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

15] Handsome is as handsome does

16] He that seeks trouble never misses

17] Learn not and know not

18] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

19] The devil looks after his own

20] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

21] Fair face, foul heart

22] Don’t try to run before you walk

23] The cobbler should stick to his last

24] Adventures are to be adventurous

25] Be just before you are generous

26] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

27] Honour is the reward of virtue

28] Desire beautifies what is ugly

29] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

30] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

31] There is nothing lost by civility

32] Where god will help, nothing does harm

33] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

34] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

35] There is no fool like an old fool

36] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

37] Better be alone than in bad company

38] Nature surpasses art

39] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

40] A bully never grows up.

41] Love and business teach eloquence

42] Take heed is a fair thing

43] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

44] A good beginning is half the battle.

45] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

46] Every oak has been an acorn

47] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

48] More than enough is too much

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

50] Never too late to late to repent

51] Wisdom is better than strength

52] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

53] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

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

55] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

56] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

57] A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse boiled

58] A good friend is my nearest relation

59] A jest breaks no bones

60] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

61] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

62] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

63] A good word stills great anger

64] Success has many friends

65] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

66] An army marches on its stomach

67] Idleness is the root of all evil

68] Do not kick against the pricks

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

70] Content is better than riches

71] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

72] Rich folk have many friends

73] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

74] If you would be well served, serve yourself

75] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

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

77] He gives twice who gives quickly

78] Practice is the science that gives confidence

79] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

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

81] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

82] Bad news travels fast

83] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

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

85] 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

86] Children speak only words they have heard.

87] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

88] Union (or Unity) is strength

89] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

90] It is easier to pull down than to build

91] Slow and steady wins the race

92] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

93] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

94] Patience surpasses learning

95] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

96] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

97] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

98] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

99] Misfortune does not always come to injure

100] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults