Famous Proverbs

1] Wink at small faults

2] A man may learn wit every day.

3] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

4] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

5] As is the mould, so will the cake be.

6] He freezes who does not burn

7] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

8] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

9] A good paymaster needs no surety

10] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

11] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

12] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

13] All griefs with bread are less

14] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

15] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

16] Do as you would be done by

17] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

18] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice

19] His bark is worse than his bite

20] A closed mouth catches no files

21] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

22] Beauty is only skin deep

23] Crowns have cares

24] A mouse may help a lion

25] Half a word is enough for a wise man

26] Rome was not built in a day

27] Nature abhors a vacuum

28] The cobbler should stick to his last

29] Actions speak louder than words

30] It is easier to capture a tiger in the hills than to ask for favours from a man

31] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

32] Better never begin than never make an end

33] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

34] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool

35] It is more pain to do nothing than something

36] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

37] A word before is worth two behind

38] Know thyself

39] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

40] Love is blind

41] Content is more than a kingdom

42] There is truth in wine

43] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

44] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

45] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

46] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

47] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

48] Make hay while the sun shines

49] Riches along make no men happy

50] It will be the same a hundred years hence

51] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

52] Beauty fades like a flower.

53] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

54] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

55] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

56] The borrower is servant to the lender

57] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

58] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

59] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

60] He travels the fastest who travels alone

61] Give a loan and buy quarrel

62] Do not limp before the lame

63] The first blow is half the battle

64] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

65] Finger were made before forks, and hands before knives

66] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

67] The game is not worth the candle

68] Lend never that thing you needed most

69] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

70] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

71] An old fox is not easily snared

72] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

73] Union is strength.

74] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

75] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

76] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

77] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

78] Men do more things through habit than reason

79] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

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

81] New meat begets a new appetite

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

83] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

84] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

85] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

86] Better children weep than old men

87] Acorns were good till bread was found

88] The hand that gives, gathers

89] Better do a kindness near home than go to a temple far away to burn incense.

90] Share and share alike

91] Wiles help weak folk

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

93] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

94] It is more blessed to give than to receive

95] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

96] A fault once denied is twice committed

97] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

98] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

99] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

100] All doors open to courtesy