Famous Proverbs

1] You cannot make bricks without straw

2] Homer sometimes nods

3] Wrong never comes right

4] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

5] No man is his craft’s master the first day

6] Better beg than steal.

7] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

8] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

9] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

10] A good beginning is half the battle.

11] First creep, then walk

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

13] Fool’s haste is no speed

14] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

15] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

16] The hand that gives, gathers

17] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

18] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

19] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

20] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

21] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

22] The thing which is rare is dear

23] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

24] Findings are keepings

25] There’s a time and place for everything

26] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

27] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

28] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

29] Praises fill not the belly

30] Mercy surpasses justice

31] Every bean has its black

32] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

33] He that speaks not, God hears not

34] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

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

36] Actions speak louder than words

37] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

38] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

39] Truth conquers all things

40] He that will thrive must rise at five

41] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

42] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

43] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

44] Never refuse a good offer

45] Never too late to repent

46] Patience is a plaster for all sores

47] New things are fair

48] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

49] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

50] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

51] The end crowns the work.

52] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

53] Nothing comes from nothing

54] Excessive happiness produces pain

55] Who greases his way travels easily

56] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

57] Waste makes wants

58] Be careful to whom you give

59] He that has plenty of goods will have more

60] Harp not for ever on the same string

61] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

62] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

63] An army marches on its stomach

64] Fair is not fair, but that which pleases.

65] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

66] Let sleeping dogs lie

67] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

68] New meat begets a new appetite

69] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

70] A healthy man is a successful man

71] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

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

73] A good name is a rich heritage

74] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

75] An old ox makes a straight furrow

76] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

77] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

78] Woes unite foes

79] The righteous man sins before an open chest

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

81] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

82] One reason is as good as fifty

83] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

84] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

85] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

86] First creep, then walk

87] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

88] Better be a fool than a knave

89] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

90] Take time by the forelock

91] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

92] Misfortune does not always come to injure

93] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

94] He that ventures not fails not.

95] Remember, you are but a man

96] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

97] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

98] Cross the stream where it is shallowest

99] Pinch the right thigh and the left will feel the pain too.

100] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly