Famous Proverbs

1] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

2] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

3] You never know what you can do till you try

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

5] The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

6] A good conscience is a soft pillow

7] No man is a hero to his valet

8] Light grows the burden which is well borne

9] A useful trade is a mine of gold

10] A jack of all traders is master of none

11] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

12] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

13] Manners make the man

14] Custom reconciles us to everything

15] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

16] Nature is the true law

17] Old foxes want no tutors

18] Wine unveils the words of the heart

19] It is not the hood that makes the monk.

20] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

21] Penny wise, pound foolish

22] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

23] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer

24] There’s a black sheep in every flock

25] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

26] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

27] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

28] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

29] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

30] Curiosity killed the cat.

31] It is all in the day’s work

32] Quickly come, quickly go

33] Sickness soaks the purse

34] Patience is the remedy of the world

35] Every man has his price

36] What is worth doing is worth doing well

37] Cut your coat according to your cloth

38] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

39] Mercy surpasses justice

40] Children and chickens must be always picking

41] Practice what you preach

42] Woes unite foes

43] Patience is a plaster for all sores

44] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

45] He that eats least eats most

46] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

47] Death alone can kill hope

48] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

49] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

50] Almost’ never killed a fly.

51] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

52] Words and feathers the wind carries away

53] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

54] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

55] You cannot make bricks without straw

56] A willful man will have his way

57] Mirth without measure is madness

58] The highest tree has the greatest fall

59] Don’t take your harp to the party

60] Necessity breaks iron

61] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

62] Like father, like son

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

64] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

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

66] You eat, I dreams, the custard of the day

67] Learn to walk before you run

68] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

69] Opportunity makes the thief

70] Cast not the first stone.

71] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

72] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

73] Better ask the way than go astray

74] One is what one eats

75] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

76] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

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

78] Thrift is a great revenue

79] Better are small fish than an empty dish

80] Better children weep than old men

81] Two blacks do not make a white

82] Once bitten, twice shy.

83] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

84] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

85] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

86] Wise men learn by other men’s harms (or mistakes), fools, by their own

87] No remedy but patience

88] Appearances are deceptive

89] A good beginning makes a good ending.

90] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

91] A bully is always a coward

92] Habit is second nature

93] What is worth doing is worth doing well

94] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

95] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

96] He that has no money needs no purse

97] The end justifies the means

98] An evil life is a kind of death.

99] A bad workman always blames his tools

100] All glory comes from daring to begin