Famous Proverbs

1] The pot calls the kettle black

2] Parents are patterns

3] Between two stools you fall to the ground

4] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

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

6] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

7] The garment worn determines how one is served

8] Time lost cannot be recalled

9] Time flees without a delay

10] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

11] Take the tone of the company you are in

12] Of evil manners, spring good laws

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

14] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

15] He travels the fastest who travels alone

16] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

17] Good ware makes quick market

18] Discontent is the first step in progress

19] Nature is the true law

20] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

21] Let sleeping dogs lie

22] It is good to follow the old fox

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

24] Moderation in all things

25] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

26] A fool may give a wise man counsel

27] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

28] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

29] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

30] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

31] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

32] Change brings life

33] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

34] A hungry man smells meat afar off

35] Train the child in the way he should go.

36] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

37] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

38] Penny and penny laid up will be many

39] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

40] Love me, love my dog

41] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

42] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

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

44] A goose drinks as much as gander

45] Spend and be free, but make no waste

46] Love conquers all

47] Fair face, foul heart

48] Where there’s a will there’s a way

49] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

50] Wise men propose, and fools determine

51] A good lather is half the shave

52] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

53] The belly carries the legs

54] Beware of no man more than himself

55] Praises fill not the belly

56] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

57] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

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

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

60] Never spend your money before you have it

61] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

62] There’s no great loss without some gain

63] Idle folks have the least leisure

64] A word is enough to the wise

65] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

66] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

67] The last drop makes the cup run over

68] Keep something for a rainy day

69] Practice makes perfect

70] He that does most at once, does least

71] Best is cheapest

72] The poor suffer all the wrong

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

74] Love laughs at locksmiths

75] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

76] The best things are hard to come by.

77] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

78] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

79] 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.

80] The devil lurks behind the cross

81] The age of miracles is past

82] He who sows, trusts in God

83] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

84] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

85] It is more blessed to give than to receive

86] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

87] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

88] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

89] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

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

91] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

92] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

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

94] Good clothes open all doors

95] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

96] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

97] He thinks not well that thinks not again

98] An old fox is not easily snared

99] Divine grace was never slow

100] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.