Famous Proverbs

1] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

2] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

3] Don’t cry before you are hurt

4] Evil to him who evil thinks.

5] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

6] Don’t put the cart before the horse

7] God makes the back for the burden

8] Home is where the heart is

9] Better bend than break

10] Kill two birds with one stone

11] Master easy, servant slack

12] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

13] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

14] You never know your luck

15] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

16] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

17] No misfortune will go on forever

18] Other times, other manners

19] Leave well alone

20] Look on the bright side

21] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

22] If today will not, tomorrow may

23] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

24] The wisest of the wise may err.

25] Young colts will canter.

26] Brevity is the soul of wit

27] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

28] Boys will be boys

29] God sends cold after Clothes

30] Wash your dirty linen at home

31] Care brings grey hair.

32] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

33] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

34] Good counsel never comes amiss

35] Content is more than a kingdom

36] The world is full of fools

37] Fool’s haste is no speed

38] First impressions are most lasting

39] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

40] Little things please little minds

41] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

42] Trust not the many-minded populace

43] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

44] Wise men silent, fools talk

45] To advise someone not to gamble is to win money for him

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

47] Precept begins, examples accomplish

48] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

49] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

50] The good intention excuses the bad action

51] He stands not surely that never slips

52] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

53] Every may be has a may not be

54] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

55] The fox may grow grey, but never good

56] No man is wise at all times

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

58] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

59] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

60] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

61] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

62] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

63] An old man’s sayings are seldom untrue

64] What is word but wind?

65] Anything will fit a naked man.

66] No choice amongst stinking fish

67] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

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

69] Truth is god’s daughter

70] An old ox makes a straight furrow

71] In indecision itself, grief is present.

72] Idle folks lack no excuses

73] What’s done cannot be undone

74] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

75] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

76] A hedge between keeps friendship green

77] Error cannot be defended but by error

78] Misfortunes never come singly

79] None can guess the jewel by the casket

80] What cannot gold do?

81] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

82] No man is content with his lot

83] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

84] Kill two birds with one stone

85] The best wine comes from an old vessel

86] All must be as God will

87] Light grows the burden which is well borne

88] Soon gotten, soon spent

89] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

90] First impressions are most lasting

91] Do as you would be done by

92] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

93] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

94] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

95] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

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

97] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

98] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

99] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

100] Neither a borrower nor a lender be.