Famous Proverbs

1] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

2] God arms the harmless

3] Fear of death is worse than death itself

4] A healthy man is a successful man

5] If anything can go wrong, it will

6] Money is power

7] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

8] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

9] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

10] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

11] Do not limp before the lame

12] Corn him well and he will work better

13] All our pomp the earth covers

14] Though a lie be swift the truth overtakes it

15] Names are debts

16] Delay is the antidote of anger

17] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

18] Necessity is mother of invention

19] Only a fool will make the doctor his heir

20] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

21] An empty sack cannot stand upright

22] A good garden may have some ill weeds

23] A good name is sooner lost than won

24] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

25] Variety is charming

26] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

27] Everyone to his taste

28] See how the wind blows

29] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

30] He that is born a fool is never cured

31] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

32] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

33] It is never too late to mend

34] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

35] Mirth without measure is madness

36] A burnt child dreads the fire

37] Desert and reward seldom keep company

38] Much science, much sorrow

39] Everything is good in its season

40] The weakest goes to the wall

41] Money makes the man

42] A bad padlock invites a picklock

43] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

44] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

45] Virtue is its own reward

46] 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.

47] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

48] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

49] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

50] Lose a leg rather than a life

51] Homo is a common name to all men.

52] An old fox is not easily snared

53] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

54] Work expands so as to fill the time available

55] Old habits die hard

56] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

57] In my own house, I am king

58] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

59] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

60] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

61] He would command must serve

62] What is new cannot be true

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

64] A jack of all traders is master of none

65] Gold will not buy everything

66] Help a lame dog over a stile

67] Ready money is ready medicine

68] United we stand, divided we fall

69] A good conscience is a constant feast

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

71] Look at the bright side

72] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

73] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

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

75] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

76] He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse

77] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

78] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

79] A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose

80] He who has seen little marvels much

81] He thinks not well that thinks not again

82] Failure teaches success

83] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

84] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

85] Make the best of a bad job

86] A drowning man will clutch at a straw

87] The ass that brays most eats

88] Live and Learn

89] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

90] What the king wills, that the law wills

91] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

92] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

93] The first step is the hardest

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

95] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

96] Abundance, like want, ruins many

97] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

98] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

99] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

100] Where there is no trust there is no love