Famous Proverbs

1] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

2] A man’s studies pass in to his character

3] Wise men silent, fools talk

4] Men are not angles

5] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

6] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

7] Many words, many buffets

8] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

9] Hungry bellies have no ears

10] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

11] The end crowns the work.

12] Union (or Unity) is strength

13] Truth is mighty and will prevail

14] Manners and money make a gentleman

15] No cross, no crown

16] Vice makes virtue shine

17] In wine there is truth

18] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

19] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

20] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

21] All are not saints that go to church

22] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

23] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

24] Too much hope deceives

25] Findings are keepings

26] One good turn deserves another

27] Share and share alike

28] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

29] We shall lie all alike in our graves

30] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

31] The coward threatens only when he is safe

32] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

33] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

34] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

35] Much learning makes men mad

36] Every man is his own worst enemy

37] No cross, no crown

38] A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse boiled

39] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

40] Far from eye, far from heart

41] Half an egg is better than empty shell

42] Woes unite foes

43] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

44] Do as say, not as I do

45] Will is the cause of woe

46] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

47] He that burns most, shines most

48] There is truth in wine

49] God arms the harmless

50] We soon believe what we desire

51] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

52] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

53] An evil life is a kind of death.

54] Do as most men do, then most men well speak well of you

55] Good fences make good neighbours

56] Look on the bright side

57] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

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

59] Do it now

60] The race is got by running

61] First creep, then walk

62] A strong town is not won in an hour

63] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

64] A good garden may have some ill weeds

65] Old foxes want no tutors

66] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

67] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

68] Worse things happen at sea

69] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

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

71] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

72] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

73] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

74] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

75] Every flow must have its ebb

76] A stitch in time saves nine

77] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

78] A good conscience is a soft pillow

79] Better late than never

80] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

81] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

82] Bare walls make giddy housewives

83] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

84] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

85] Fair play’s a jewel

86] One hand washes the other

87] None can guess the jewel by the casket

88] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

89] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

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

91] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

92] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

93] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

94] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

95] Facts are stubborn things

96] Better late than never

97] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

98] The highest branch is not the safest roost

99] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

100] A good dog deserves a good bone