Famous Proverbs

1] The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth

2] Familiarity breeds contempt

3] One man sows and another reaps

4] Fire is a good servant a bad master

5] Good clothes open all doors

6] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

7] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

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

9] Through obedience learn to command.

10] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

11] In fair weather prepare for foul

12] Double charge will rive a cannon

13] It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

14] All roads lead to Rome

15] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

16] Many hands make light work

17] The great would have none great, and the little all little

18] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

19] Advice when most needed is least heeded

20] Bear and forbear

21] The faulty stands on his guard

22] Great hopes make great men

23] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

24] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

25] He that eats least eats most

26] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

27] No choice amongst stinking fish

28] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

29] Beauty draws more than oxen

30] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

31] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

32] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

33] Cleanliness is next to godliness

34] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

35] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

36] Misery loves company.

37] He that praises himself, spatters himself

38] Sorrow will pay no debt

39] Nature surpasses art

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

41] Faint heart never won fair lady

42] The belly carries the legs

43] It is useless to flog a dead horse

44] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

45] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

46] Necessity is mother of invention

47] A friend is easier lost than found

48] There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging it.

49] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

50] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

51] Envy never enriched any man.

52] After the extreme of cold comes spring

53] Fair face, foul heart

54] Standing pools gather fifth

55] He who comes late must eat what is left

56] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

57] He that has no shame has no conscience

58] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

59] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

60] Good hand, good hire

61] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted

62] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

63] Too far east is west

64] Great gain makes easy work

65] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

66] Care brings grey hair.

67] Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

68] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

69] Two heads are better than one

70] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

71] Forewarned is forearmed

72] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

73] One must be a servant before one can be a master

74] Anger without power is folly

75] The biter is sometimes bit

76] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

77] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

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

79] What’s done is done

80] Mercy surpasses justice

81] East or west, home is best

82] Names are debts

83] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

84] Money can influence even the spirits

85] The bait hides the hook

86] Conscience does make cowards of us all

87] Don’t put the cart before the horse

88] It is easier to capture a tiger in the hills than to ask for favours from a man

89] Never spend your money before you have it

90] Hungry bellies have no ears

91] Precepts may lead but examples draw

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

93] East or west, home is best

94] Where there is peace, there is blessing

95] A little help is worth a deal of pity

96] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

97] A change is as good as rest

98] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

99] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

100] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks