Famous Proverbs

1] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

2] First things first

3] It is too late to husband when all is spent

4] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

5] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

6] Time flies

7] Open confession is good for the soul

8] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

9] Where there is no might, right loses itself

10] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

11] A man can do no more than he can

12] Rip not up old sores

13] All’s grist that comes to the mill.

14] New meat begets a new appetite

15] The beaten road is the safest

16] There is truth in wine

17] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

18] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

19] Marriages are made in heaven

20] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

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

22] III counsel mars all

23] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

24] You never know what you can do till you try

25] Success has many friends

26] Make the best of a bad job

27] By falling we learn to go safely

28] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

29] Men strain at gnats and swallow camels

30] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

31] The course of true love never did run smooth

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

33] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

34] He who hesitates is lost

35] Necessity knows no law

36] Have two strings to your bow

37] Long life has long misery

38] He freezes who does not burn

39] Money talks

40] Our own opinion is never wrong

41] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

42] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

43] There are two sides to every question

44] Put not the bucket too often in the well

45] You can’t win them all

46] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

47] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

48] None can guess the jewel by the casket

49] Give and spend, and God will send

50] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

51] Many hands make light work

52] Habit is second nature

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

54] We live by laws, not by examples

55] Homer sometimes nods

56] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

57] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

58] All things require skills but an appetite

59] He thinks not well that thinks not again

60] Nature does nothing in vain

61] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

62] Better say noting than no to the purpose

63] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

64] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

65] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

66] Respect is greater from a distance

67] He that speaks not, God hears not

68] A beggar can never be bankrupt

69] One man eats the jackfruit, another gets his hands sticky

70] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

71] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

72] Wrong has no warrant

73] Haste is of (or from) the devil

74] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

75] A golden key opens every door

76] Garbage in, garbage out

77] Care brings grey hair.

78] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

79] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

80] Safety lies in the middle course

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

82] Spread the table, and contention will cease

83] A good name is better than riches

84] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

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

86] Men make houses, women make homes

87] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

88] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

89] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

90] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

91] Come with the wind, got with the water

92] He who never was sick dies the first fit

93] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

94] Beauty draws more than oxen

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

96] Of three main roads, take the middle one

97] He that lends, gives

98] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

99] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

100] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.