Famous Proverbs

1] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

2] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

3] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

4] Many eyes upon the king

5] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

6] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

7] The longest night will have an end

8] Truth conquers all things

9] Best is cheapest

10] Variety is the spice of life

11] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

12] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

13] You must grin and bear it

14] A bully is always a coward

15] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

16] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

17] All glory comes from daring to begin

18] All are not saints that go to church

19] Coming events cast their shadows before

20] Jesters do oft prove prophets

21] The fox may grow grey, but never good

22] Every man is his own worst enemy

23] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

24] The king can do no wrong

25] A little body often harbours a great soul

26] The end justifies the means

27] Dirty linen should be washed at home

28] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

29] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

30] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

31] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

32] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

33] Have two strings to your bow

34] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

35] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

36] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

37] Manners make the man

38] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

39] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

40] Better be born lucky than wise.

41] It is good to follow the old fox

42] He that praises himself, spatters himself

43] Brevity is the soul of wit

44] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

45] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

46] Many hands make light work

47] Easier said than done

48] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

49] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

50] Four eyes see better than two.

51] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

52] He who never was sick dies the first fit

53] Children learn to creep ere they can go

54] Few words are best

55] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

56] Common fame is a liar

57] A true friend is forever a friend

58] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

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

60] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

61] Soft fire makes sweet malt

62] No answer is also an answer

63] Flesh is frail

64] Bare walls make giddy housewives

65] Poor folk fare the best

66] The faulty stands on his guard

67] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

68] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

69] Honest is the best policy

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

71] Charity excuseth not cheating.

72] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

73] All good things must come to an end

74] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

75] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

76] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

77] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

78] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

79] A crust is better than no bread.

80] An empty sack cannot stand upright

81] From word to deed is a great space

82] Standing pools gather fifth

83] Mirth without measure is madness

84] He that promises too much means nothing

85] An evil life is a kind of death.

86] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

87] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

88] Hunger breaks stone walls

89] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

90] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

91] Double charge will rive a cannon

92] No man is his craft’s master the first day

93] Hope often deludes the foolish man

94] He that will thrive must rise at five

95] Little and often fills the purse

96] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

97] Nature is the true law

98] Either mend or end

99] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

100] He that obey cannot command