Famous Proverbs

1] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

2] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

3] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

4] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

5] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

6] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

7] The grace of God enough

8] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

9] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

10] The righteous man sins before an open chest

11] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

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

13] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

14] All glory comes from daring to begin

15] Give and take is fair play

16] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

17] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

18] When in doubt, do nothing

19] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

20] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

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

22] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

23] All things that great men do are well done

24] Seek and you shall find

25] The dog is a lion in his own house

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

27] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

28] Desires are nourished by delays

29] Be just before you are generous

30] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

31] Slow but sure wins the race

32] Ready money is ready medicine

33] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

34] The worse luck now, the better another time

35] Gold is tried in the fire

36] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

37] Truth is stranger than fiction

38] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

39] Health and money go far

40] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

41] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

42] No hair so small but has his shadow

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

44] Man does what he can, and God what he will

45] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

46] Self-praise is no recommendation

47] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

48] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

49] A good paymaster needs no surety

50] No land without stones, or meat without bones

51] When the word is out it belongs to another

52] The exception proves the rule

53] Far from eye, far from heart

54] No man fears what he has seen grow

55] What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb

56] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

57] What cannot gold do?

58] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

59] No pain, no cure

60] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

61] Do not limp before the lame

62] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

63] Patience is a virtue

64] A good face is a letter of recommendation

65] He who comes late must eat what is left

66] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

67] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

68] Good wine needs no bush

69] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

70] A little is better than none

71] The ant had wings to her hurt

72] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

73] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

74] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

75] Numbers overcome the brave

76] When the word is out it belongs to another

77] Of a new prince, new bondage

78] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

79] Now is now, and then was then

80] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

81] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

82] Opportunity makes the thief

83] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

84] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

85] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

86] Dumb men get no lands

87] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

88] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

89] Conscience does make cowards of us all

90] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

91] Don’t tell tales out of school

92] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

93] Honest is the best policy

94] Manners make the man

95] One potter envies another

96] Custom reconciles us to everything

97] At a good bargain thinks twice

98] Stolen goods never thrive

99] Love and business teach eloquence

100] Covetousness is the root of all evil