Famous Proverbs

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

2] Ill news comes unsent for.

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

4] Every Jack must have his Jill

5] Don’t cry for the moon

6] Harp not for ever on the same string

7] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

8] Appetite comes with eating

9] Names are debts

10] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

11] They are rich who have true friends

12] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

13] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

14] Pinch the right thigh and the left will feel the pain too.

15] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

16] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

17] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

18] Wine unveils the words of the heart

19] Fools rejoice at promises

20] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

21] Don’t cry stinking fish

22] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

23] Give and take is fair play

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

25] Sooner begun, sooner done

26] To err is human

27] Master easy, servant slack

28] The envious man shall never want woe

29] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

30] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

31] All’s well that ends well

32] No like is the same.

33] Do as I say, not as I do

34] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

35] Young colts will canter.

36] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

37] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

38] Envy never enriched any man.

39] Nature is content with little.

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

41] Good luck beats early rising

42] The longest journey starts with a single step

43] There are more ways to the wood than one.

44] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

45] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

46] Half a word is enough for a wise man

47] As you brew, so shall you drink.

48] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

49] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

50] Change of pasture makes fat calves

51] One foot is better than two crutches

52] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

53] An old horse knows the route

54] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

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

56] New lords, new laws

57] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

58] Don’t meet trouble half-way

59] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

60] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

61] You may have too much of a good thing

62] Money is the root of all evil

63] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

64] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

65] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

66] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

67] Poverty is not a crime

68] What is word but wind?

69] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

70] Money isn’t everything

71] Patient men with the day.

72] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

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

74] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

75] There is no smoke without fire

76] How ever much you learn, you won’t know how to raise the dead

77] What cannot gold do?

78] Four eyes see more than two

79] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

80] He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.

81] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

82] Empty vessels make the most sound

83] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

84] He who wills the end, Wills the means

85] They can do least two boast loudest

86] You can’t clap with one hand

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

88] Use makes mastery

89] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

90] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

91] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

92] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

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

94] A burnt child dreads the fire

95] Love sees no fault

96] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

97] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

98] Let bygones be bygones

99] Kind hearts are more than coronets

100] One is not smelt where all stink