Famous Proverbs

1] A good paymaster never wants workmen

2] In haste is error

3] Creditors have better memories than debtors

4] The hole calls the thief

5] He who last, laughs longest.

6] The grace of God enough

7] He that is born a fool is never cured

8] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

9] Variety takes away satiety

10] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

11] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

12] Poverty is not a crime

13] There is no smoke without fire

14] Wise men propose, and fools determine

15] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

16] Accidents will happen

17] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

18] We live by laws, not by examples

19] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

20] Rome was not built in a day

21] Friends are thieves of time

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

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

24] A soft answer turns away wrath

25] Nature does nothing in vain

26] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

27] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

28] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

29] No garden without its weeds.

30] He knows most who speaks least

31] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

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

33] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

34] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

35] Love laughs at locksmiths

36] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

37] Necessity breaks iron

38] It is useless to flog a dead horse

39] Truth has a good face but bad clothes

40] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

41] Like will to like

42] Better do a kindness near home than go to a temple far away to burn incense.

43] Dogs bark as they are bred.

44] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

45] Truth conquers all things

46] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

47] He that eats least eats most

48] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

49] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

50] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

51] That voyage never has luck where each one has a vote.

52] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

53] Little things please little minds

54] A scalded cat fears hot water.

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

56] Patience is a plaster for all sores

57] None so blind as those who will not see

58] No hair so small but has his shadow

59] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

60] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

61] Water is the king of food

62] If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.

63] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

64] Through obedience learn to command.

65] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

66] There are spots even in the sun

67] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

68] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

69] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

70] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

71] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

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

73] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

74] There is nothing new under the sun

75] A watched pot never boils

76] One lie makes many

77] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

78] The devil looks after his own

79] Be just before you are generous

80] Beauty is but skin-deep

81] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

82] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

83] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

84] He knows most who speaks least

85] A good payer is master of another’s purse

86] Four eyes see better than two.

87] Cleanliness is next to godliness

88] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

89] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

90] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

91] He that lends, gives

92] Don’t cry before you are hurt

93] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

94] He that promises too much means nothing

95] A mouse may help a lion

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

97] No wrong without a remedy

98] It never rains it pours

99] Every dog has his day

100] Care brings grey hair.