Famous Proverbs

1] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

2] Through obedience learn to command.

3] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

4] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

5] He that talks much, errs much

6] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

7] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

8] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

9] Much law but little justice

10] Dying men speak true

11] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

12] Nothing so bad in which there is not something of good

13] Love me, love my dog

14] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

15] Friendship should not be all on one side

16] Tigers and deer do not over.

17] No man so good but another may be as good as he

18] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

19] Virtue carries a lean purse

20] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

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

22] No news is good news

23] Kindness lies in one side of the house

24] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

25] Numbers overcome the brave

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

27] You know what you can do till you try.

28] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

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

30] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

31] An oak is not felled at one stroke

32] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

33] Between two stools you fall to the ground

34] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

35] Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

36] Money is the sinews of war

37] By falling we learn to go safely

38] Manners and money make a gentleman

39] New lords, new laws

40] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

41] Beware of a silent man and still water

42] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

43] A word spoken is past recalling

44] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

45] Poverty is the mother of crime

46] True gold is not transformed by fire

47] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

48] He that demands misses not, unless his demands be foolish

49] Unless the vessel is clean, what you pour in to it turns sour.

50] They brag most who can do least

51] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

52] He that obey cannot command

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

54] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

55] Children learn to creep ere they can go

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

57] Every medal has two sides

58] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

59] An army marches on its stomach

60] Don’t cry for the moon

61] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

62] Mercy surpasses justice

63] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

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

65] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

66] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

67] A good wife is a good prize

68] Shrouds have no pockets

69] Live and Learn

70] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

71] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

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

73] There is nothing that costs less than civility

74] Man punishes the action but God the intention

75] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

76] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

77] Everyone to his taste

78] Accidents will happen

79] The dog is a lion in his own house

80] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

81] Either mend or end

82] An open door may tempt a saint

83] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

84] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

85] Fish and guests smell in three days

86] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

87] Little things are great to little men

88] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

89] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

90] The goat must browse where she is tied

91] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

92] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

93] Error cannot be defended but by error

94] Wisdom is better than strength

95] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

96] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

97] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

98] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

99] Fools grow without watering.

100] Words cut more than swords