Famous Proverbs

1] Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

2] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

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

4] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

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

6] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

7] He that has a wife, has strife

8] The grace of God enough

9] Every man is his own worst enemy

10] Think on the end before you begin

11] Every path has a puddle

12] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

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

14] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

15] Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down

16] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

17] Circumstances alter cases

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

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

20] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

21] The great fish eat up the small

22] Parents are patterns

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

24] There is no rose without a thorn

25] Words and feathers the wind carries away

26] Trusting often makes fidelity

27] Stolen goods never thrive

28] All that glitters is not gold

29] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

30] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

31] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

32] Love sees no fault

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

34] Nature is content with little.

35] Four eyes see more than two

36] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

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

38] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

39] Of evil manners, spring good laws

40] The best wine comes from an old vessel

41] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

42] No man limps because another is hurt

43] Do not wear out your welcome

44] Death alone can kill hope

45] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

46] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

47] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

48] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

49] Don’t take your harp to the party

50] It is a great victory that comes without blood

51] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

52] When bees area old, they yield n honey

53] He freezes who does not burn

54] An old horse knows the route

55] United we stand, divided we fall

56] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

57] The sun shines upon all alike.

58] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

59] The envious man shall never want woe

60] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

61] When in doubt, do nothing

62] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

63] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

64] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

65] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

66] He who hesitates is lost

67] White there’s life there’s hope

68] The fairest silk is soonest stained

69] Beauty fades like a flower.

70] The best fish swim near the bottom

71] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

72] Never buy a pig in a poke

73] A willful man will have his way

74] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

75] Lookers-on see more than players

76] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

77] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

78] In the end, things will mend

79] Experience is good if not bought too dear

80] No good building without a good foundation.

81] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

82] Make hay while the sun shines

83] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

84] The fox may grow grey, but never good

85] You cannot serve God and Mammon

86] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

87] A bully never grows up.

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

89] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

90] If you play with fire you get burnt

91] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

92] None so deaf as those that will not hear

93] The longest journey starts with a single step

94] The best of friends must part

95] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

96] The deed comes back upon the doer.

97] Hunger makes hard bean sweet

98] Better are small fish than an empty dish

99] Good wine needs no bush

100] All heiresses are beautiful.