Famous Proverbs

1] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

2] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

3] Man proposes, God disposes

4] Every why has a wherefore

5] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

6] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

7] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

8] Take things as they come

9] The word is far him who has patience

10] He who wills the end, Wills the means

11] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

12] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

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

14] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

15] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

16] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

17] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

18] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

19] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

20] Discontent is the first step in progress

21] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

22] A useful trade is a mine of gold

23] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

24] He who comes late must eat what is left

25] Old habits die hard

26] The best things in life are free

27] He that has no shame has no conscience

28] Procrastination is the thief of time

29] Words and feathers the wind carries away

30] Words fly, writings remain

31] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

32] The more you get, the more you want

33] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

34] Charity begins at home.

35] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

36] A fault once denied is twice committed

37] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

38] A bribe will enter without knocking

39] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

40] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

41] They are rich who have true friends

42] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

43] Death is the grand leveler

44] Two heads are better than one

45] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

46] A jack of all traders is master of none

47] Wise men learn by other men’s harms (or mistakes), fools, by their own

48] Familiarity breeds contempt

49] For a web begun, God sends the thread

50] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

51] Cast not the first stone.

52] A man’s best fortune, or his worst, is a wife

53] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

54] Absence diminished little passions and increases great ones

55] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

56] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

57] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

58] Wrong has no warrant

59] An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused

60] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

61] Put out your tubs when it is raining

62] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

63] Ignorance is the peace of life

64] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

65] Pat any man and dust will fly

66] We don’t get something for nothing

67] Asking costs little

68] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

69] God’s help is better than the early rising

70] For a web begun, God sends the thread

71] Black will take no other hue

72] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

73] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

74] The best is often the enemy of the good

75] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

76] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

77] Error cannot be defended but by error

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

79] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

80] What is new cannot be true

81] Strength grows stronger by being tried

82] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

83] The axe falls on a straight tree first

84] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

85] Don’t take your harp to the party

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

87] Much law but little justice

88] One of these days is none of these days

89] Don’t play with edged tools

90] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

91] The fox may grow grey, but never good

92] He would command must serve

93] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

94] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

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

96] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

97] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

98] Better a bare foot than none

99] No cross, no crown

100] Company in misery makes it light