Famous Proverbs

1] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

2] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

3] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

4] He is rich that has few wants

5] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

6] An angry man is not fit to pray

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

8] Beware of him who makes thee presents

9] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

10] One swallow does not make a summer

11] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

12] The early man ever borrows from the late man

13] A good husband makes a good wife

14] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

15] There’s always room at the top

16] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

17] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

18] The first step is the only difficulty

19] Cheats never prosper

20] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

21] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

22] Beware of him who makes thee presents

23] Laughter makes good blood

24] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

25] Nature hates all sudden changes

26] Advice when most needed is least heeded

27] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

28] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

29] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

30] A good heart cannot lie.

31] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

32] Love conquers all

33] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

34] If the cap fits, wear it

35] Procrastination is the thief of time

36] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

37] Master easy, servant slack

38] Covetousness brings nothing home

39] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

40] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

41] It is too late to look up after you have collided

42] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

43] Those near the temple deride the gods

44] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

45] Error cannot be defended but by error

46] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

47] What’s in a name?

48] The deed comes back upon the doer.

49] Confess and be hanged

50] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

51] No man is a hero to his valet

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

53] Liars should have good memories

54] First creep, then walk

55] Judge not, that ye be not judged

56] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

57] Don’t cry stinking fish

58] Cleanliness is next to godliness

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

60] Tomorrow never comes

61] Curiosity killed the cat.

62] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

63] Let sleeping dogs lie

64] Findings are keepings

65] Praise no man till he is dead.

66] All doors open to courtesy

67] Take the tone of the company you are in

68] The borrower is servant to the lender

69] All is vanity.

70] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

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

72] The best is often the enemy of the good

73] There’s a black sheep in every flock

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

75] A little too late, is much too late

76] Dreams go by contraries

77] Affection blinds reason

78] Dying is as natural as living

79] Black will take no other hue

80] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

81] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

82] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

83] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

84] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

85] The best fish swim near the bottom

86] Hungry bellies have no ears

87] Make the best of a bad bargain

88] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

89] Great gain makes easy work

90] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

91] A good garden may have some ill weeds

92] Call a spade a spade

93] There is no rose without a thorn

94] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

95] Never spend your money before you have it

96] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

97] Fools rejoice at promises

98] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

99] What everybody says must be true

100] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.