Famous Proverbs

1] From small beginnings come great things

2] Never say die

3] Better an apple given than eaten

4] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

5] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

6] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

7] To err is human

8] Little and often fills the purse

9] Empty vessels make the most noise

10] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

11] Penny wise, pound foolish

12] Four eyes see more than two

13] Love is blind

14] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

15] New lords, new laws

16] Idle folks lack no excuses

17] He that knows little often repeats it

18] Don’t tell tales out of school

19] Silence never makes mistakes

20] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

21] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

22] Stolen goods never thrive

23] One good deed makes up for a thousand bad ones.

24] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

25] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

26] Tell the truth and shame the devil

27] Blood is thicker than water

28] So many men, so many opinions

29] No choice amongst stinking fish

30] After the extreme of cold comes spring

31] The early bird catches the worm

32] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

33] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

34] One potter envies another

35] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

36] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

37] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

38] Dead men don’t bite

39] Empty vessels make the most sound

40] Nothing is so certain as death

41] All things are easy, that are done willingly

42] Poverty does not hurt him who has not been rich before

43] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

44] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

45] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

46] While there is life, there is hope

47] A friend in need is a friend indeed

48] A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years

49] Despair gives courage to a coward

50] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

51] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

52] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

53] Every dog is a lion at home

54] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

55] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

56] All’s well that ends well

57] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

58] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

59] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

60] Example is the greatest of all seducers

61] It’s a long lane that has no turning

62] He who considers too much will perform little.

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

64] He that is born a fool is never cured

65] Kinsman helps kinsman, and woe to him that has none

66] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

67] Necessity is a powerful weapon

68] He that eats well should do his duty well

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

70] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

71] Love will go through stone walls

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

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

74] Never do things by halves

75] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

76] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

77] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

78] The sun shines upon all alike.

79] A friend is easier lost than found

80] The grace of God enough

81] Some are wise and some are otherwise

82] Every man has his faults

83] Past cure, past care

84] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

85] Accidents will happen

86] Discontent is the first step in progress

87] Better late than never, but better never late

88] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

89] Children learn to creep ere they can go

90] Wise men do not argue with idiots

91] The tongue stings

92] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

93] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

94] Care brings grey hair.

95] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

96] He that gives his goods before he be dead, take up a mallet and knock him on the head

97] Open a book and you profit by what you read

98] The ass that brays most eats

99] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

100] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back