Famous Proverbs

1] Once a use and ever a custom

2] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

3] The love of money is the root of all evil

4] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

5] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

6] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

7] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

8] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

9] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

10] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

11] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

12] The end crowns the work.

13] By falling we learn to go safely

14] Double charge will rive a cannon

15] There is safety in numbers

16] When bees area old, they yield n honey

17] Nothing crave, nothing have

18] There is a black sheep in every flock

19] Wedlock is padlock

20] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

21] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

22] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

23] Children pick up words as pigeons peas, and utter than again as god shall please

24] Dreams go by contraries

25] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

26] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

27] It is the first step that is troublesome

28] A little help is worth a deal of pity

29] Ill news comes apace.

30] Money is power

31] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

32] Rust wastes more than use

33] Familiarity breeds contempt

34] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

35] The last drop makes the cup run over

36] Riches along make no men happy

37] The bull must be taken by the horns

38] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

39] Those near the temple deride the gods

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

41] Everyone to his taste

42] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

43] Easy come, easy go

44] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

45] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

46] A soft answer turns away wrath

47] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

48] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

49] One is never too old to learn

50] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

51] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

52] No pain, no cure

53] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

54] First impressions are most lasting

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

56] He that promises too much means nothing

57] God’s help is better than the early rising

58] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

59] Wine unveils the words of the heart

60] Early sow, early mow

61] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

62] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

63] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

64] Tomorrow is another day

65] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

66] There is safety in numbers

67] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

68] No sweet without sweat

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

70] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

71] Weak things united become strong

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

73] How forceful are right words

74] Covetousness brings nothing home

75] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

76] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

77] Never do things by halves

78] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

79] Health and wealth create beauty

80] Friendship should not be all on one

81] A good name is a rich heritage

82] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

83] Penny wise, pound foolish

84] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

85] Choose thy company before thy drink

86] From word to deed is a great space

87] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

88] Discontent is the first step in progress

89] Patience is a virtue

90] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

91] Every man is his own worst enemy

92] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

93] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

94] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

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

96] 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.

97] They brag most who can do least

98] Care is no cure

99] An Englishman’s home is his castle

100] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains