Famous Proverbs

1] Too much hope deceives

2] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

3] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

4] Spend and be free, but make no waste

5] Truth has no need of rhetoric

6] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

7] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

8] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

9] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

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

11] Good clothes open all doors

12] Nothing comes from nothing

13] Abundance, like want, ruins many

14] Will is the cause of woe

15] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

16] First impressions are half the battle

17] Poverty is no sin

18] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

19] No man is infallible

20] Time flees without a delay

21] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

22] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

23] Quietness is a great treasure

24] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

25] When angry, count a hundred

26] Don’t put the cart before the horse

27] Wash your dirty linen at home

28] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

29] Misfortune makes foes of friends

30] A short cut is often a wrong cut

31] When you do not know what to do – wait.

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

33] He loved mutton well that licked where the ewe lay

34] What’s done cannot be undone

35] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

36] His own ingenuity pricks him.

37] He that knows little often repeats it

38] A hungry man smells meat afar off

39] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

40] Wine unveils the words of the heart

41] Better say noting than no to the purpose

42] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

43] It is more blessed to give than to receive

44] The coward threatens only when he is safe

45] That which Nature paints never fades

46] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

47] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

48] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

49] A good heart cannot lie.

50] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

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

52] There is no smoke without fire

53] Don’t meet trouble half-way

54] He that gives his goods before he be dead, take up a mallet and knock him on the head

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

56] A change is as good as rest

57] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

58] He that desires but little has no deed of much

59] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

60] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

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

62] A bully never grows up.

63] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

64] A man of courage never wants weapons

65] Make the best of a bad bargain

66] He who leaps high must take a long run

67] Praise is always pleasant

68] Fair play’s a jewel

69] A jack of all traders is master of none

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

71] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

72] A good marksman may miss

73] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

74] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

75] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

76] With constancy of purpose, you can file a steel rod in to the needle you need

77] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

78] Many hands make light work

79] Work won’t kill but worry will.

80] He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much

81] Past cure, past care

82] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

83] Bold men have generous hearts

84] Let sleeping dogs lie

85] You cannot have your cake and eat it

86] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all

87] Money talks

88] An old dog barks not in vain

89] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

90] Where there is whispering there is lying

91] Nature surpasses art

92] Fool’s haste is no speed

93] Kingdoms divided soon fall

94] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

95] A hungry man is angry man

96] Live and Learn

97] The sign brings customers

98] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

99] Cast not the first stone.

100] Plain dealing is a jewel