Famous Proverbs

1] It is best to be on the safe side

2] Every advantage has its disadvantage

3] A rich man can do nothing wrong

4] Divine grace was never slow

5] Great oaks from little acorns grow

6] Much meat, much malady

7] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

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

9] Many drops make a shower

10] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

11] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

12] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

13] It is easier to pull down than to build

14] You must grin and bear it

15] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

16] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

17] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

18] Beware of him who makes thee presents

19] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

20] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

21] At open doors, dogs come in

22] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

23] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

24] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

25] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

26] All things are easy, that are done willingly

27] Penny wise, pound foolish

28] Poor men’s words have little weight

29] A good heart cannot lie.

30] The physician who praises himself has no good medicine

31] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

32] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

33] Make hay while the sun shines

34] The goat must browse where she is tied

35] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

36] Hitch your wagon to a star

37] He stands not surely that never slips

38] Comparisons are odious

39] The borrower is servant to the lender

40] Gold may be bought too dear

41] Beware of him who makes thee presents

42] Let like mate with like

43] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

44] Many words, many buffets

45] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

46] Bad news travels fast

47] What is new cannot be true

48] Slow but sure wins the race

49] Nothing comes from nothing

50] Give the devil his due

51] The absent party is always to blame.

52] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

53] Every man is his own worst enemy

54] No land without stones, or meat without bones

55] The last drop makes the cup run over

56] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

57] Misfortunes never come singly

58] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

59] All men are mortal

60] A good face is a letter of recommendation

61] In the land of hope there is never any winter

62] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

63] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

64] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

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

66] Through obedience learn to command.

67] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

68] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

69] Easy come, easy go

70] Variety is the spice of life

71] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

72] Pitchers have ears

73] Danger makes men devout

74] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

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

76] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

77] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

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

79] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

80] Half a word is enough for a wise man

81] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

82] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

83] Better do a kindness near home than go to a temple far away to burn incense.

84] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

85] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

86] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

87] One kindness is the price of another

88] Wise men are caught in wiles

89] Better an open enemy than a false friend

90] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

91] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

92] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

93] By falling we learn to go safely

94] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

95] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

96] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

97] Exchange is no robbery

98] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

99] Distance lends enchantment to the view

100] Keep conscience clear, then never fear