Famous Proverbs

1] Custom reconciles us to everything

2] The day obliterates the promise of the might

3] He that has plenty of goods will have more

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

5] Men are not to be measured in inches

6] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

7] No sweet without sweat

8] Man does what he can, and God what he will

9] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

10] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

11] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

12] It is more blessed to give than to receive

13] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

14] The Pen is mightier than the sword

15] Wisdom is better than strength

16] Wine unveils the words of the heart

17] The result justifies the deed

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

19] Two heads are better than one

20] The sign brings customers

21] No answer is also an answer

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

23] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

24] What is worse than ill luck?

25] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

26] Much meat, much malady

27] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

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

29] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

30] Cowards die many times before their deaths

31] One lie makes many

32] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

33] Take things as they come

34] When a fool is sent to market, the storekeepers rejoice

35] Like father, like son

36] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

37] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

38] Money makes the man

39] Tempt not a desperate man

40] The ant had wings to her hurt

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

42] Hasty work, double work,

43] A door must be either shut or open

44] Conscience does make cowards of us all

45] No good building without a good foundation.

46] Like mistress, like maid

47] Ill news comes unsent for.

48] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

49] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

50] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

51] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

52] Half a word is enough for a wise man

53] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

54] The golden age was never the present age

55] Needs must when the evil drives

56] No honest man ever repented his honesty

57] Men are not to be measured in inches

58] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

59] Garbage in, garbage out

60] Revenge is sweet

61] Young colts will canter.

62] We soon believe what we desire

63] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

64] Wine is the best broom for trouble

65] Men do more things through habit than reason

66] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

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

68] The Pen is mightier than the sword

69] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

70] He that ventures not fails not.

71] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

72] Never too late to repent

73] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

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

75] Life is not all beer and skittles

76] One reason is as good as fifty

77] Excessive happiness produces pain

78] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

79] The sun shines upon all alike.

80] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

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

82] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

83] The thread breaks where it is weakest

84] Past cure, past care

85] Advise none to marry or to go to war

86] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

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

88] Full of courtesy, full of craft

89] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

90] Crime does not pay

91] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

92] Forecast is better than work-hard

93] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

94] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

95] Love delights in praise

96] No man is born wise or learned

97] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

98] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

99] Bind the sack before it be full

100] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head