Famous Proverbs

1] Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp

2] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

3] The greatest talkers are the least doers

4] Content is more than a kingdom

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

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

7] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

8] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

9] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

10] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

11] All cats are grey in the dark

12] No man is infallible

13] Excessive happiness produces pain

14] The sun shines upon all alike.

15] Love your friend with his fault

16] Patient waiters are no losers

17] Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

18] A good paymaster never wants workmen

19] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

20] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

21] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

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

23] Hard cases make bad law

24] Health is better than wealth

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

26] Judge not, that ye be not judged

27] First thrive then wive

28] The resolved mind has no cares

29] A good servant must have good wages

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

31] Delays are not denials

32] A good conscience is a soft pillow

33] Who suffers much is silent

34] There is nothing permanent except change

35] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

36] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

37] Everything in moderation.

38] Finger were made before forks, and hands before knives

39] You cannot serve God and Mammon

40] The hand that gives, gathers

41] Not even Hercules could contend against two

42] Work smart; don’t work hard

43] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

44] The value of money is having it.

45] One reason is as good as fifty

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

47] The best of men are but men at best.

48] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

49] Never spur a willing horse

50] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

51] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

52] There is nothing like being on the safe side

53] A bad padlock invites a picklock

54] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

55] He that cannot ask, cannot live

56] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

57] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

58] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

59] Garbage in, garbage out

60] Nature abhors a vacuum

61] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

62] Pride goes before a fall

63] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

64] A good Conscience is the best divinity

65] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

66] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

67] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

68] Beware of a silent man and still water

69] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

70] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

71] All things are possible with god

72] Better never begin than never make an end

73] Kingdoms divided soon fall

74] Love will find a way

75] Every dog has his (its) day

76] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

77] The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil

78] He who has seen little marvels much

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

80] Extremity of right is wrong

81] He who envies admits his inferiority

82] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

83] Divide and rule

84] Out of sight, out of mind

85] Do as I say, not as I do

86] Life is short and time is swift

87] Put out your tubs when it is raining

88] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

89] Little wealth, little care

90] A good lawyer must be a great liar

91] In wine there is truth

92] The dog that fetches, will carry.

93] Content is better than riches

94] Frugality is the mother of virtue

95] Crows are all completely black

96] Home is where the heart is

97] A jest breaks no bones

98] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

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

100] Borrowed garments never fit well