Famous Proverbs

1] He who comes first, grinds first.

2] Misery loves company.

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

4] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

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

6] Hard words break no bones

7] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

8] Good is good but better carries it

9] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

10] He that ventures not fails not.

11] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

12] Love and business teach eloquence

13] Advice when most needed is least heeded

14] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

15] If one will not, another will

16] Opportunity makes the thief

17] The faulty stands on his guard

18] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

19] Even silence may be eloquent

20] The tongue is more to be feared than the sword

21] A healthy man is a successful man

22] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

23] Little and often fills the purse

24] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

25] Haste is of (or from) the devil

26] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

27] Strike while the iron is hot

28] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

29] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

30] How forceful are right words

31] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

32] Hard cases make bad law

33] He that keeps not crust not crumb, shall ever want some

34] The Pen is mightier than the sword

35] He would command must serve

36] Health without money is half an ague

37] He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox

38] Love is without reason

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

40] Youth and age will never agree

41] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

42] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

43] Union (or Unity) is strength

44] Those near the temple deride the gods

45] A still tongue makes a wise head

46] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

47] The race is got by running

48] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

49] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

50] Sweet are the uses of adversity

51] He may find fault that cannot mend

52] It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles

53] Corn him well and he will work better

54] Look at the bright side

55] A jest breaks no bones

56] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

57] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

58] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

59] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

60] He knows the water best who has waded through it

61] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

62] Choose thy company before thy drink

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

64] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

65] Busiest men find the most time

66] Expectation is better than realisation

67] The golden age was never the present age

68] Pardon makes offenders

69] What must be must be

70] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

71] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

72] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

73] Little pitchers have big ears.

74] Lookers-on see most of the game

75] He who considers too much will perform little.

76] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

77] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

78] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

79] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

80] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.

81] Dying men speak true

82] He who serves is not free

83] Men are not angles

84] The wisest of the wise may err.

85] Death does not recognize strength

86] Past cure, past care

87] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

88] Respect is greater from a distance

89] He that has plenty of goods will have more

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

91] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

92] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

93] Good wine needs no bush

94] Talk much end err much

95] Gold will not buy everything

96] Every man has his faults

97] Every medal has two sides

98] Half a loaf is better than do bread

99] Better unborn than untaught

100] He who teaches learns