Famous Proverbs

1] Better to ask the way than go astray.

2] A heavy purse makes a light heart

3] Of one ill come many

4] The highest tree has the greatest fall

5] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

6] Too long burden makes weary bones

7] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

8] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

9] He is lifeless that is faultless

10] You win some, you lose some

11] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

12] All is vanity.

13] First impressions are the most lasting

14] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

15] Talk much end err much

16] Words bind men

17] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

18] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

19] Christmas comes but once a year

20] Rip not up old sores

21] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

22] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

23] Gold will not buy everything

24] Repentance is a bitter physic

25] Jack is as good as his master

26] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

27] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

28] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

29] He knows which side his bread is buttered

30] The mean is the best

31] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

32] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

33] Old foxes want no tutors

34] No choice amongst stinking fish

35] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

36] He that is down need fear no fall

37] What is deferred is not abandoned

38] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

39] Hunger is sharper than the sword

40] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

41] It is a great victory that comes without blood

42] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

43] Delay is the antidote of anger

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

45] In indecision itself, grief is present.

46] Better bend than break

47] Better be born lucky than wise.

48] The falling drops hollow the stone

49] A straight stick is crooked in water

50] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

51] Dumb men get no lands

52] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

53] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

54] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

55] Fools live poor to die rich

56] One man sows and another reaps

57] What’s done cannot be undone

58] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

59] Company in misery makes it light

60] When bitterness reaches its extreme, sweetness will follow

61] Common fame is a liar

62] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

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

64] A learned man has always riches in himself

65] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

66] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

67] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

68] Curiosity killed the cat.

69] Let not your tongue run at rover

70] Poverty parts friendship

71] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

72] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

73] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

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

75] Prove your friend ere you have need

76] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

77] The darkest place is under the candlestick

78] Borrowed garments never fit well

79] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

80] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

81] A good wife makes a good husband

82] Like father, like son

83] Let us do evil that good may come

84] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

85] Lookers-on see more than players

86] Second thoughts are best

87] The last drop makes the cup run over

88] Content is more than a kingdom

89] Honest is the best policy

90] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

91] Call no man happy till he is dead

92] The worst wheel of the cart creaks most

93] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

94] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

95] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

96] Hunger breaks stone walls

97] Waste not, want not

98] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

99] There is no time like the present

100] Paddle your own canoe