Famous Proverbs

1] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

2] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

3] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

4] A fool and his money are soon parted

5] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

6] No misfortune will go on forever

7] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

8] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

9] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

10] Home is where the heart is

11] A penny saved is a penny gained

12] There is no place like home

13] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

14] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

15] Once a use and ever a custom

16] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

17] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

18] Bear with evil and expect good

19] Petty laws breed great crimes

20] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

21] An old dog barks not in vain

22] A jest breaks no bones

23] Be careful to whom you give

24] Numbers overcome the brave

25] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

26] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

27] Pursuits become habits

28] Love laughs at locksmiths

29] All things are difficult before they are easy

30] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

31] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

32] Everything would fain live

33] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

34] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

35] All must be as God will

36] Common fame is a liar

37] One man’s means another man’s poison

38] Never buy a pig in a poke

39] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

40] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

41] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

42] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

43] No answer is also an answer

44] The highest branch is not the safest roost

45] Art improves Nature

46] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

47] Step by step the ladder is ascended

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

49] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

50] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

51] True doctrines require no miracles

52] Necessity breaks iron

53] One sheep follows another

54] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

55] Great gain makes easy work

56] There is no fool like an old fool

57] Live and Learn

58] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

59] Enough is enough

60] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

61] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

62] Discretion is the better part of valour

63] If you have known one, you have known them all

64] A good tongue is a good weapon

65] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

66] No man limps because another is hurt

67] A good paymaster needs no surety

68] A crust is better than no bread.

69] Conscience does make cowards of us all

70] Don’t try to run before you walk

71] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

72] Better the foot slip than the tongue

73] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

74] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

75] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

76] Ill news comes apace.

77] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

78] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

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

80] Don’t tell tales out of school

81] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

82] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

83] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

84] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

85] Custom makes all things easy

86] Open a book and you profit by what you read

87] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

88] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

89] Every man has his price

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

91] Wishes can never fill a sack

92] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

93] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

94] Children speak only words they have heard.

95] Ill gotten, ill spent

96] Common fame is seldom to blame

97] Good luck beats early rising

98] He that has no money needs no purse

99] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

100] If today will not, tomorrow may