Famous Proverbs

1] Enough is enough

2] Cheats never prosper

3] The owl thinks her own young fairest

4] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

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

6] Shrouds have no pockets

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

8] Prove your friend ere you have need

9] Where there is peace, God is

10] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

11] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

12] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

13] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

14] First impressions are most lasting

15] He that has no shame has no conscience

16] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

17] Lucky men need no counsel

18] The last drop makes the cup run over

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

20] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

21] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

22] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

23] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

24] When one door shuts, another opens

25] He who envies admits his inferiority

26] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

27] Money isn’t everything

28] A little impatience will spoil great plans

29] No road is long with good company

30] From word to deed is a great space

31] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

32] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

33] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

34] Plain dealing is best

35] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

36] New things are fair

37] Good words are worth much and cost little

38] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

39] Fish begins to stink at the head

40] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

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

42] Little by little and bit by bit.

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

44] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

45] Patience surpasses learning

46] He who hesitates is lost

47] He who touches pitch will be defiled

48] Every path has a puddle

49] He who sows, trusts in God

50] Anything will fit a naked man.

51] A hungry man smells meat afar off

52] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

53] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

54] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

55] All things for not all persons

56] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

57] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

58] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

59] Adventures are to be adventurous

60] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

61] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

62] Nothing so bad in which there is not something of good

63] Good fences make good neighbours

64] Even water has its ebb and flow

65] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

66] Nature will have her course

67] Money is the sinews of war

68] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

69] Many a little makes a mickle

70] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

71] The world is full of fools

72] Once a knave, always a knave

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

74] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

75] Judge not the tree by its bark

76] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

77] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

78] One must be a servant before one can be a master

79] Anything will fit a naked man.

80] Better learn late than never

81] Good wine needs no bush

82] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

83] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

84] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

85] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

86] A little is better than none

87] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

88] Poverty is no sin

89] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

90] All men are mortal

91] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

92] All good things must come to an end

93] Everything in moderation.

94] Hunger is sharper than the sword

95] Needs must when the devil drives

96] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

97] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

98] Poverty parts friendship

99] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

100] There’s no fence against ill fortune.