Famous Proverbs

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

2] Quickly come, quickly go

3] Work smart; don’t work hard

4] Will is no skill

5] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

6] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

7] He that promises too much means nothing

8] Love me, love my dog

9] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

10] When the horse has reached the brink of the precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

11] It is the first step that is troublesome

12] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

13] Some are wise and some are otherwise

14] Seek and you shall find

15] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

16] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

17] There’s a time and place for everything

18] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

19] Marriages are made in heaven

20] Desperate diseases need (or must have) desperate cures

21] The thread breaks where it is weakest

22] When you do not know what to do – wait.

23] Nature is content with little.

24] Silence and thinking can no man offend

25] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

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

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

28] Save a stranger from the sea and he’ll turn your enemy

29] Better be alone than in bad company

30] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

31] Curiosity killed the cat.

32] He who envies admits his inferiority

33] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

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

35] Of a new prince, new bondage

36] The eye is bigger than the belly

37] When in doubt, do nothing

38] A man of courage never wants weapons

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

40] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

41] The dog that fetches, will carry.

42] It will be the same a hundred years hence

43] All things are possible with god

44] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

45] He who hesitates is lost

46] All things for not all persons

47] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

48] Divide and rule

49] A constant guest is never welcome

50] Double charge will rive a cannon

51] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

52] He who touches pitch will be defiled

53] Fish begins to stink at the head

54] Practice is the science that gives confidence

55] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

56] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

57] Better be a fool than a knave

58] God is a sure paymaster

59] As you bake, so shall you eat.

60] Cowards die many times before their deaths

61] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

62] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

63] The pot calls the kettle black

64] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

65] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

66] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

67] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

68] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

69] A house divided against itself cannot stand

70] Appetite comes with eating

71] Envy never enriched any man.

72] The best of men are but men at best.

73] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

74] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

75] Little by little and bit by bit.

76] Wise men silent, fools talk

77] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

78] There is no redemption from hell

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

80] There is no accounting for tastes

81] Laws were made to be broke

82] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

83] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

84] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

85] A good garden may have some ill weeds

86] First think, and then speak

87] New brooms sweep clean

88] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

89] The road to hell is paved with good action

90] Repentance is a bitter physic

91] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

92] Never tell your enemy that your foot aches

93] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

94] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

95] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

96] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

97] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

98] We shall lie all alike in our graves

99] A good heart cannot lie.

100] Help a lame dog over a stile