Famous Proverbs

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

2] Other times, other manners

3] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

4] Harp not for ever on the same string

5] By his deeds we know a man

6] Best is cheapest

7] A house divided against itself cannot stand

8] An oak is not felled at one stroke

9] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

10] Charity excuseth not cheating.

11] Threatened folk live long

12] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

13] There are spots even in the sun

14] Like mistress, like maid

15] The tailor makes the man

16] The money you refuse will never do you good

17] A little too late, is much too late

18] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

19] Dumb men get no lands

20] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

21] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

22] A good heart cannot lie.

23] Do not limp before the lame

24] It is a shame to be shameless

25] Covetousness is the root of all evil

26] Dreams are lies

27] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

28] A little help is worth a deal of pity

29] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

30] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

31] It is misery enough to have once been happy

32] The devil knows many things because he is old

33] Mirth is the sugar of life

34] A straight stick is crooked in water

35] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

36] Health and money go far

37] Look at the bright side

38] Hope is grief’s best music

39] Life begins only in success

40] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

41] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

42] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

43] Everything new is fine

44] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

45] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

46] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

47] Vice makes virtue shine

48] How ever much you learn, you won’t know how to raise the dead

49] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

50] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

51] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

52] Far fowls have fair feather

53] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

54] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

55] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head

56] Prevention is better than cure

57] It is not work that kills but worry

58] A rich miser is poorer than a poor man

59] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

60] Love cannot be compelled

61] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

62] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

63] Adam’s ale is the best brew

64] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

65] One can’t help many, but many can help one

66] It is best to be on the safe side

67] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

68] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

69] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

70] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

71] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

72] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

73] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

74] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

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

76] Every Jack must have his Jill

77] Silence never makes mistakes

78] Every groom is a king at home

79] Never do things by halves

80] Take things as you find them

81] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

82] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

83] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

84] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

85] You cannot serve God and Mammon

86] Better be safe than sorry

87] One today is worth two tomorrows

88] Do not wear out your welcome

89] A bribe will enter without knocking

90] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

91] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

92] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares

93] The thing which is rare is dear

94] Good clothes open all doors

95] Necessity knows no law

96] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

97] Experience is good if not bought too dear

98] True doctrines require no miracles

99] Innocence is no protection

100] Better never begin than never make an end