Famous Proverbs

1] The pen is the tongue of the hand

2] Fear of death is worse than death itself

3] New meat begets a new appetite

4] Every man is his own worst enemy

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

6] One is never too old to learn

7] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

8] To err is human; to forgive, divine

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

10] A good drink makes the old young

11] A strong town is not won in an hour

12] God makes the back for the burden

13] A good garden may have some ill weeds

14] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

15] He may find fault that cannot mend

16] Ill luck is good for something

17] Every medal has its reverse

18] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

19] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head

20] One reason is as good as fifty

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

22] Almost’ never killed a fly.

23] Nature abhors a vacuum

24] A cat has nine lives

25] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

26] Choose thy company before thy drink

27] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

28] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

29] Bad news travels fast

30] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

31] A man with no hands is given a ring.

32] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

33] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

34] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

35] Beauty is only skin deep

36] Crows are all completely black

37] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

38] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

39] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

40] Make the best of a bad job

41] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

42] You cannot unscramble eggs

43] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

44] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

45] The rich knows not who is his friend

46] A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

47] Don’t cry for the moon

48] Sooner begun, sooner done

49] No land without stones, or meat without bones

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

51] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

52] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

53] Leave well alone

54] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

55] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

56] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

57] Don’t tell tales out of school

58] A good lawyer must be a great liar

59] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

60] Truth has no need of rhetoric

61] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

62] An Englishman’s home is his castle

63] Advice when most needed is least heeded

64] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

65] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

66] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

67] Wise men learn by other men’s harms (or mistakes), fools, by their own

68] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

69] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

70] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

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

72] Spare the rod and spoil the child

73] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

74] A good husband makes a good wife

75] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer

76] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

77] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

78] Bad luck often brings good luck

79] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

80] The best of friends must part

81] Mere wishes are silly fishes

82] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

83] Two wrongs do not make a right

84] Poor folk fare the best

85] If you want peace, prepare for war

86] The leopard cannot change its spots

87] Enough is as good as a feast

88] Open confession is good for the soul

89] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

90] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

91] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

92] Necessity is the mother of invention

93] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

94] A good name is a rich heritage

95] Tomorrow is another day

96] Bold resolution is the favourite of providence

97] Love will go through stone walls

98] Sweet are the uses of adversity

99] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

100] Enough is as good as a feast