Famous Proverbs

1] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

2] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

3] Health without money is half an ague

4] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

5] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

6] The Pen is mightier than the sword

7] All things for not all persons

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

9] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

10] A parrot will only say what it is taught

11] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

12] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

13] Virtue is the only true nobility

14] Great barkers are no biters

15] Many dishes make many diseases

16] Talk much end err much

17] A bad workman always blames his tools

18] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

19] A good name is better than riches

20] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

21] An oak is not felled at one stroke

22] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

23] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

24] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

25] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

26] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

27] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

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

29] An old man’s sayings are seldom untrue

30] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

31] Plain dealing is best

32] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

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

34] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

35] Asking costs little

36] Under the tongue, men are crushed to death

37] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

38] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

39] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

40] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

41] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

42] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

43] Friends agree best at a distance

44] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

45] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

46] An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden

47] Time lost cannot be recalled

48] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

49] The love of money is the root of all evil

50] One swallow does not make a summer

51] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

52] No man is his craft’s master the first day

53] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

54] Every why has a wherefore

55] All must be as God will

56] He that does most at once, does least

57] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

58] Never hit a man when he’s down

59] Every flow must have its ebb

60] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

61] A watched pot never boils

62] Appetite comes with eating

63] Hope keeps man alive

64] A good beginning makes a good ending.

65] It is a shame to be shameless

66] Everything is good in its season

67] Without diligence, no prize

68] A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

69] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

70] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

71] The exception proves the rule

72] 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

73] Hunger is the teacher of many

74] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

75] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

76] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

77] Love is sweet torment

78] Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

79] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

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

81] One barber shaves another gratis

82] It is useless to flog a dead horse

83] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

84] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

85] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

86] Revenge is sweet

87] I may not have tasted their flesh but I’ve seen enough to know how pigs walk

88] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

89] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

90] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

91] A bad excuse is better than none at all

92] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

93] One sheep follows another

94] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other

95] Love will go through stone walls

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

97] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

98] Fool’s haste is no speed

99] Go not to hell for company

100] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.