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Famous Proverbs

1] He preaches well (or best) that lives well (or best).
2] Wise men do not argue with idiots
3] Double charge will rive a cannon
4] The greatest talkers are the least doers
5] He that knows little often repeats it
6] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
7] Much would have more
8] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near
9] Make the best of a bad bargain
10] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers
11] A word to the wise is enough
12] Little pitchers have big ears.
13] What has been, may be
14] He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.
15] Rats know the ways of rats
16] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps
17] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.
18] What is the mother of industry
19] The road to hell is paved with good action
20] If you cannot bite never show your teeth
21] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented
22] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea
23] Misfortune tells us what fortune is
24] Health is not value till sickness comes
25] Gifts blind the eyes.
26] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again
27] Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches
28] The best things in life are free
29] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may
30] Be still and have thy will
31] All things are possible with god
32] Give credit where credit is due
33] The tongue stings
34] Frugality is the mother of virtue
35] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean
36] All things are possible with god
37] Children and fools cannot lie.
38] Many a little makes a mickle
39] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man
40] Nothing is so popular as kindness.
41] The goat must browse where she is tied
42] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.
43] Years know more than books
44] There is nothing lost by civility
45] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell
46] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet
47] Numbers overcome the brave
48] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread
49] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours
50] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most
51] The tongue stings
52] Money is the sinew of affairs
53] No like is the same.
54] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away
55] Beauty draws more than oxen
56] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung
57] Ignorance is the peace of life
58] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives
59] After the extreme of cold comes spring
60] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
61] The folly of one man is the fortune of another
62] Money is the root of all evil
63] The good intention excuses the bad action
64] In my own house, I am king
65] A golden key opens every door
66] Strike while the iron is hot
67] Never do evil that good may come of it
68] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground
69] A true man and a thief think not the same
70] A word is enough to the wise
71] Counsel must be followed, not praised.
72] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables
73] Example is the greatest of all seducers
74] Time flees without a delay
75] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.
76] Young colts will canter.
77] If the cap fits, wear it
78] Friendship should not be all on one
79] Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp
80] Years know more than books
81] All things require skills but an appetite
82] When in Rome, do as the Romans do
83] Man does what he can, and God what he will
84] Children should be seen and not heard
85] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge
86] Fortune is blind
87] Every man praises his own wares
88] Prospect is often better than possession
89] Where there is no trust there is no love
90] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable
91] An evil life is a kind of death.
92] Lend your money and lose a friend
93] Love is without reason
94] A wise man is never less alone than when alone
95] No tie can oblige the perfidious
96] The borrower is servant to the lender
97] No land without stones, or meat without bones
98] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long
99] Anger and haste hinder good counsel
100] The cobbler should stick to his last



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