Famous Proverbs

1] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

2] All things are difficult before they are easy

3] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

4] Who suffers much is silent

5] Open confession is good for the soul

6] Where there is whispering there is lying

7] Hope often deludes the foolish man

8] Call a spade a spade

9] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

10] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

11] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

12] Bad excuses are worse than none.

13] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

14] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

15] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

16] No misfortune will go on forever

17] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

18] It never rains it pours

19] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

20] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

21] A good payer is master of another’s purse

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

23] He that is down need fear no fall

24] Bold men have generous hearts

25] That which is easily done is soon believed

26] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

27] If you want peace, prepare for war

28] Poverty is no sin

29] A friend is easier lost than found

30] Self-praise is no recommendation

31] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

32] There is no rose without a thorn

33] Know thyself

34] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

35] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

36] Soft fire makes sweet malt

37] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

38] Conscience does make cowards of us all

39] He who teaches learns

40] Keep some till further more come

41] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

42] From word to deed is a great space

43] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

44] Second thoughts are best

45] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

46] You cannot serve God and Mammon

47] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

48] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

49] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

50] An honest good look covers many faults.

51] Too much money makes one mad

52] Never too late to learn

53] There is nothing that costs less than civility

54] Fish and guests smell in three days

55] Necessity is a powerful weapon

56] See how the wind blows

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

58] A hedge between keeps friendship green

59] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

60] Thrift is a great revenue

61] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

62] What the king wills, that the law wills

63] Only a fool will make the doctor his heir

64] Honesty is the best policy

65] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

66] Water is the king of food

67] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

68] A bully never grows up.

69] A good face is a letter of recommendation

70] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

71] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

72] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

73] Six feet of earth make all men equal

74] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

75] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

76] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

77] A fault confessed is half redressed

78] The belly carries the legs

79] He that blows best, bears away the horn

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

81] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

82] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

83] What’s in a name?

84] Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.

85] Rich folk have many friends

86] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

87] Bare walls make giddy housewives

88] There is no time like the present

89] No choice amongst stinking fish

90] Experience is the best teacher

91] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

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

93] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

94] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

95] None so blind as those who will not see

96] The ant had wings to her hurt

97] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

98] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

99] Success has many friends

100] Morning dreams come true