Famous Proverbs

1] Necessity breaks iron

2] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

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

4] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

5] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

6] Things are seldom what they seem.

7] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

8] Love cannot be compelled

9] Call no man happy till he is dead

10] Never do things by halves

11] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

12] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

13] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

14] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

15] Do right and fear no man

16] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

17] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

18] A bully never grows up.

19] Set a thief to catch a thief

20] You may have too much of a good thing

21] A man may bear till his back breaks

22] A good beginning is half the battle.

23] The thing which is rare is dear

24] Like father, like son

25] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

26] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

27] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

28] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

29] Better to wear out than rust out

30] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

31] Better an apple given than eaten

32] Everything must have a beginning

33] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

34] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

35] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

36] They also serve who only stand and wait

37] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

38] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

39] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

40] He that seeks trouble never misses

41] Gold is tried in the fire

42] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

43] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

44] Little by little and bit by bit.

45] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

46] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

47] No man is content with his lot

48] What is money to a cat?

49] Every man has his faults

50] Hope keeps man alive

51] Beware of him who makes thee presents

52] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

53] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

54] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

55] Barking dogs seldom bite

56] Soon hot, soon cold

57] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

58] East or west, home is best

59] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

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

61] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

62] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

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

64] The devil is not as black as he is painted

65] Let sleeping dogs lie

66] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

67] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

68] All cats are grey in the dark

69] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

70] Death alone can kill hope

71] One man sows and another reaps

72] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

73] We don’t get something for nothing

74] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

75] It takes all sorts to make a world

76] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

77] The value of money is having it.

78] Once a knave, always a knave

79] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

80] A man’s wealth is his enemy

81] No land without stones, or meat without bones

82] A mouse may help a lion

83] Fair play’s a jewel

84] Content is more than a kingdom

85] Anger without power is folly

86] Mirth is the sugar of life

87] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

88] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

89] Better are small fish than an empty dish

90] You can’t tell a book by its cover

91] A monk can’t shave his own head

92] Precept begins, examples accomplish

93] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

94] You cannot have your cake and eat it

95] He that talks much, errs much

96] No man is indispensable

97] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

98] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

99] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

100] Fortune favours those who use their judgement