Famous Proverbs

1] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

2] Desire beautifies what is ugly

3] Boys will be boys

4] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

5] You are never too old to learn

6] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

7] The good die young.

8] One is not smelt where all stink

9] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

10] The longest night will have an end

11] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

12] He who comes first, grinds first.

13] The child is father of the man

14] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

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

16] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

17] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

18] Fire is a good servant a bad master

19] Learn to walk before you run

20] A little help is worth a deal of pity

21] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

22] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

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

24] Mirth without measure is madness

25] The leopard cannot change its spots

26] Seeing is believing

27] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

28] Never do things by halves

29] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

30] He that does most at once, does least

31] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

32] Do it now

33] The best wine comes from an old vessel

34] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

35] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

36] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

37] Sooner begun, sooner done

38] The devil dances in an empty pocket

39] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

40] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

41] Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm

42] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

43] A willful man will have his way

44] Hope keeps man alive

45] There is many a true word spoken in jest

46] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

47] Good fences make good neighbours

48] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

49] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

50] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

51] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

52] Wedlock is padlock

53] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

54] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

55] One is what one eats

56] The cobbler should stick to his last

57] In wine there is truth

58] From small beginnings come great things

59] Out of sight, out of mind

60] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

61] Light burden I heavy if far borne

62] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

63] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

64] It is as natural to die as to be born

65] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

66] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

67] Many drops make a shower

68] Extremity of right is wrong

69] Fair play’s a jewel

70] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

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

72] A traveller may lie with authority

73] Great actions speak minds

74] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

75] There are spots even in the sun

76] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

77] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

78] Don’t put the cart before the horse

79] Quietness is a great treasure

80] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

81] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

82] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

83] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

84] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

85] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

86] Sweet are the uses of adversity

87] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

88] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

89] What’s in a name?

90] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

91] Every dog is a lion at home

92] Help a lame dog over a stile

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

94] A good friend is my nearest relation

95] Make hay while the sun shines

96] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

97] Ill gotten, ill spent

98] The greatest step is that out of doors

99] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

100] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.