Famous Proverbs

1] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

2] So many countries, so many customs

3] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

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

5] Few words are best

6] Will is no skill

7] Better to wear out than rust out

8] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

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

10] He that pities another remembers himself

11] Repentance comes too late

12] We are all Adam’s children

13] Money refused loses its brightness

14] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

15] Wine is the best broom for trouble

16] The Pen is mightier than the sword

17] Better an open enemy than a false friend

18] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

19] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

20] He who has seen little marvels much

21] God arms the harmless

22] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

23] Open a book and you profit by what you read

24] The devil looks after his own

25] Bind the sack before it be full

26] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

27] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

28] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

29] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

30] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

31] How forceful are right words

32] Practice is the science that gives confidence

33] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

34] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

35] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

36] Fair exchange is no robbery

37] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

38] Make not your sauce, before you have caught the fish.

39] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

40] Wine unveils the words of the heart

41] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

42] The thread breaks where it is weakest

43] Where there is no trust there is no love

44] The sieve says to the needle, “You’ve hole in your head”.(

45] Rome was not (or cannot be) built in a day

46] Grief pent up will break the heart

47] One potter envies another

48] Good fences make good neighbours

49] As soon as there is life there is danger

50] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

51] Fish and guests smell in three days

52] Handsome is as handsome does

53] Manners make the man

54] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

55] Least said, soonest mended

56] Beggars must not be choosers

57] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

58] Every dog is valiant at his won door

59] God made the country ,and man made the town

60] Haste makes waste

61] Men are known by the company they keep.

62] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

63] Once a use and ever a custom

64] Ale will make a cat speak

65] Years know more than books

66] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

67] He who owes is in all the wrong

68] Every one thinks his own sack heaviest

69] Hungry bellies have no ears

70] Save your breath to cool the porridge

71] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

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

73] The mean is the best

74] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

75] Every man must carry his own cross

76] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

77] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

78] Revenge is sweet

79] Half a word is enough for a wise man

80] Share and share alike

81] The hole calls the thief

82] A good beginning is half the battle.

83] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

84] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

85] There is nothing permanent except change

86] After a storm comes a calm

87] Lovers are madmen

88] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

89] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

90] A goose drinks as much as gander

91] You never know your luck

92] Let the buyer beware

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

94] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

95] The best wine comes from an old vessel

96] A stitch in time saves nine

97] Mirth is the sugar of life

98] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

99] Never judge from appearances

100] He who touches pitch will be defiled