Famous Proverbs

1] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

2] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

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

4] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

5] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

6] He that has good money, gives few alms

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

8] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

9] He has not lost all who has one cast left

10] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

11] Don’t take your harp to the party

12] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

13] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

14] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

15] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

16] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

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

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

19] He that has no shame has no conscience

20] Riches along make no men happy

21] Grin and bear it

22] The golden age was never the present age

23] Every bean has its black

24] Homo is a common name to all men.

25] Brevity is the soul of wit

26] Take things as you find them

27] Good clothes open all doors

28] What’s done cannot be undone

29] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

30] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

31] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

32] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

33] He who begins many things, finishes but few

34] Might overcome right.

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

36] A woman’s work is never done

37] Silence never makes mistakes

38] The early bird catches the worm

39] Put out your tubs when it is raining

40] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

41] An open door may tempt a saint

42] Good wine needs no bush

43] The greatest talkers are the least doers

44] Let the buyer beware

45] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

46] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

47] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

48] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

49] Zeal without prudence is frenzy

50] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

51] Misfortune makes foes of friends

52] Many eyes upon the king

53] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

54] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

55] Money is the sinews of war

56] A man’s mother is his other God

57] The faulty stands on his guard

58] Never grieve for what you cannot help

59] No hair so small but has his shadow

60] Pardon makes offenders

61] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

62] Little things are pretty

63] There is death in the pot.

64] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

65] A cat has nine lives

66] First creep, then walk

67] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

68] Every shoe fits not every foot

69] The absent party is always to blame.

70] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

71] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

72] Who greases his way travels easily

73] He that eats well should do his duty well

74] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

75] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

76] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

77] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

78] Lose a leg rather than a life

79] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

80] To beat a tiger, one must have a brother’s help.

81] Adventures are to be adventurous

82] When angry, count a hundred

83] Patient waiters are no losers

84] A good lather is half the shave

85] Hear twice before you speak once

86] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

87] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

88] Praise is always pleasant

89] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

90] Ill luck is good for something

91] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

92] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

93] Common fame is a liar

94] Second thoughts are best

95] Of three main roads, take the middle one

96] Charity begins at home.

97] Change brings life

98] Children and fools cannot lie.

99] He that eats least eats most

100] What is worth doing is worth doing well