Famous Proverbs

1] Gluttony kills more than the sword

2] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

3] Death alone can kill hope

4] Boys will be boys

5] A word spoken is past recalling

6] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

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

8] The receiver is as bad as the thief

9] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

10] Everything in moderation.

11] He knows most who speaks least

12] Precept begins, examples accomplish

13] The first step is the only difficulty

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

15] All covet all lose.

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

17] He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like

18] Don’t ride the high horse

19] Birds once snared fear all bushes

20] Desperate diseases need (or must have) desperate cures

21] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

22] Paddle your own canoe

23] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

24] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

25] Like master, like man

26] The absent party is always to blame.

27] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

28] He that pities another remembers himself

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

30] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

31] One is not smelt where all stink

32] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

33] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

34] Better at home than a mile from it

35] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

36] Flesh is frail

37] Variety is the spice of life

38] Forgive and forget

39] Old cattle breed not

40] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

41] The pot calls the kettle black

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

43] Poor folk fare the best

44] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

45] Necessity is a powerful weapon

46] One man sows and another reaps

47] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

48] The more you have the more you want

49] We soon believe what we desire

50] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

51] A single rose does not mean spring

52] A door must be either shut or open

53] Procrastination is the thief of time

54] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

55] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

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

57] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

58] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

59] Be just before you are generous

60] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

61] What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind

62] Poverty is not a crime

63] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

64] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

65] Better to be safe than sorry.

66] The first step is the hardest

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

68] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

69] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

70] Words fly, writings remain

71] All things are possible with god

72] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

73] Waste is not grandeur

74] New things are fair

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

76] Children and chickens must be always picking

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

78] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

79] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

80] Love will go through stone walls

81] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

82] Wife and Children are bills of charges

83] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

84] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

85] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

86] God’s lambs will play.

87] All our pomp the earth covers

88] Better no doctor at all than three.

89] He who does no good, does evil enough

90] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

91] Like will to like

92] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

93] Almost’ never killed a fly.

94] He that knows little often repeats it

95] The labourer is worthy of his hire

96] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

97] Do not kick against the pricks

98] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

99] Wisdom is better than strength

100] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies