Famous Proverbs

1] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

2] Second thoughts are best

3] The best fish swim near the bottom

4] Mirth without measure is madness

5] Success makes a fool seem wise.

6] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

7] The money you refuse will never do you good

8] Call a spade a spade

9] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

10] Weeds need no sowing

11] Intimacy lessens fame

12] Coming events cast their shadows before

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

14] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

15] Harp not for ever on the same string

16] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

17] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

18] Of evil manners, spring good laws

19] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

20] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

21] The end makes all equal

22] Every man has his faults

23] Better no doctor at all than three.

24] Learn not and know not

25] Trust is the mother of deceit

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

27] What must be must be

28] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

29] Do as the friar says, not as he does

30] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

31] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

32] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

33] You never know your luck

34] Many eyes upon the king

35] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

36] Fools live poor to die rich

37] God helps those who help themselves

38] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

39] Have two strings to your bow

40] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

41] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

42] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

43] To err is human

44] It is as natural to die as to be born

45] Hitch your wagon to a star

46] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

47] He who touches pitch will be defiled

48] Love will find a way

49] Everything is good in its season

50] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

51] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

52] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

53] Eat to live and not live to eat.

54] Never spur a willing horse

55] It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

56] He who considers too much will perform little.

57] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

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

59] It is good to follow the old fox

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

61] Better are small fish than an empty dish

62] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

63] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

64] A gift much expected is paid, not given

65] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

66] It is more blessed to give than to receive

67] What has been, may be

68] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

69] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

70] Discretion is the better part of valour

71] What everybody says must be true

72] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

73] Beware of him who makes thee presents

74] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

75] A good heart conquers ill fortune

76] The fairest flowers soonest fade

77] There is none misfortune cannot reach

78] Never say die

79] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

80] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

81] Every oak has been an acorn

82] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

83] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

84] He who has seen little marvels much

85] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

86] Mere wishes are silly fishes

87] The biter is sometimes bit

88] Be still and have thy will

89] We shall lie all alike in our graves

90] No hair so small but has his shadow

91] First creep, then walk

92] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

93] Distance lends enchantment to the view

94] One swallow does not make a summer

95] Nothing is given so freely as advice

96] Put not the bucket too often in the well

97] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

98] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

99] Silence never makes mistakes

100] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string