Famous Proverbs

1] A good Conscience is the best divinity

2] Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

3] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

4] Custom makes all things easy

5] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

6] Slow and steady wins the race

7] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

8] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

9] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

10] A good name is a rich heritage

11] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

12] There is many a fair thing full false

13] Do as I say, not as I do

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

15] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

16] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

17] Sooner begun, sooner done

18] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

19] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

20] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

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

22] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

23] Woes unite foes

24] You are never too old to learn

25] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

26] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

27] Dog does not eat dog

28] A good beginning is half the battle.

29] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

30] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

31] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

32] No playing with a straw before an old cat.

33] The king can do no wrong

34] Misery loves company.

35] Know thyself

36] Wise men silent, fools talk

37] Plain dealing is best

38] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

39] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

40] Necessity breaks iron

41] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

42] A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

43] There is no accounting for tastes

44] Tell a lie and stick to it.

45] Error cannot be defended but by error

46] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

47] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

48] Once a knave, always a knave

49] First thrive then wive

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

51] Adversity makes strange bedfellows

52] Many hands make light work

53] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

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

55] A little is better than none

56] The cowl does not make the monk.

57] Great hopes make great men

58] A good name is better than riches

59] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

60] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

61] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

62] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

63] Grin and bear it

64] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

65] Money is the sinew of affairs

66] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

67] All roads lead to Rome

68] It is a great victory that comes without blood

69] Will is no skill

70] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

71] Paddle your own canoe

72] There’s no great loss without some gain

73] Change of pasture makes fat calves

74] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

75] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

76] Enough is as good as a feast

77] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

78] Novelty always appears handsome

79] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

80] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

81] There is death in the pot.

82] Health and wealth create beauty

83] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

84] Every dog has his day

85] Save a stranger from the sea and he’ll turn your enemy

86] What is a workman without his tools?

87] Old habits die hard

88] Beware of no man more than himself

89] Silence gives (or means) consent

90] Truth is mighty and will prevail

91] Facts are stubborn things

92] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

93] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

94] Ignorance is the peace of life

95] No man can serve two masters

96] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

97] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

98] A little body often harbours a great soul

99] Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

100] Bread is the staff of life.