Famous Proverbs

1] He that promises too much means nothing

2] Death alone can kill hope

3] There’s always room at the top

4] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

5] Slow help is no help

6] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

7] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

8] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

9] Jesters do oft prove prophets

10] It’s dogged that does it

11] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

12] It is more pain to do nothing than something

13] Anger managers everything badly.

14] Better the last smile than the first laugh

15] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

16] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

17] The bull must be taken by the horns

18] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

19] Better be alone than in bad company

20] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

21] There’s a time and place for everything

22] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

23] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration

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

25] Lend your money and lose a friend

26] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

27] Every commodity has its discommodity

28] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

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

30] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

31] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

32] A constant guest is never welcome

33] More haste, less speed

34] Birds once snared fear all bushes

35] Envy eats nothing but it own heart

36] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

37] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

38] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

39] There is none misfortune cannot reach

40] The devil looks after his own

41] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

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

43] New brooms sweep clean

44] Money has no smell

45] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

46] Common fame is a liar

47] The tongue stings

48] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

49] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

50] Without diligence, no prize

51] Set a thief to catch a thief

52] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

53] He that blows best, bears away the horn

54] The dog is a lion in his own house

55] He that talks much, errs much

56] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

57] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

58] While there is life, there is hope

59] Bad excuses are worse than none.

60] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

61] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

62] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

63] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

64] A spear you can see can easily be avoided; a hidden arrows is difficult to guard against.

65] Those near the temple deride the gods

66] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

67] Respect is greater from a distance

68] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

69] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

70] Every path has a puddle

71] New things are fair

72] Better learn late than never

73] Desert and reward seldom keep company

74] None can guess the jewel by the casket

75] Health and money go far

76] You cannot unscramble eggs

77] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

78] Crows are all completely black

79] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

80] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

81] Let like mate with like

82] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

83] Everything comes to him who waits

84] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

85] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

86] What has been, may be

87] Pardon makes offenders

88] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

89] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

90] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

91] Waste makes wants

92] It is all in the day’s work

93] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

94] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

95] Nature is content with little.

96] Good luck beats early rising

97] Early sow, early mow

98] A bad excuse is better than none at all

99] Variety takes away satiety

100] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse