Famous Proverbs

1] Life begins only in success

2] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

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

4] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

5] He who touches pitch will be defiled

6] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

7] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

8] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

9] The mob tramples on the coward

10] At the game’s end we shall see who gains

11] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

12] In wine there is truth

13] Nothing is so certain as death

14] He who excuses himself accuses himself

15] Hungry bellies have no ears

16] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

17] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

18] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

19] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

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

21] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

22] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

23] From word to deed is a great space

24] Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

25] Never say die

26] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

27] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

28] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

29] The absent party is always to blame.

30] Bare walls make giddy housewives

31] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

32] Health is not value till sickness comes

33] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

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

35] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

36] Do as most men do, then most men well speak well of you

37] Wisdom is better than strength

38] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

39] All things require skills but an appetite

40] Four eyes see better than two.

41] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

42] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

43] Care killed the cat

44] A crust is better than no bread.

45] All things are easy, that are done willingly

46] Lucky men need no counsel

47] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

48] Better to wear out than rust out

49] Every Jack must have his Jill

50] Beauty opens locked doors

51] Appearances are deceptive

52] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

53] The garment worn determines how one is served

54] Better eye sore than al blind

55] Better to ask the way than go astray.

56] Even silence may be eloquent

57] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

58] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

59] Extremes are dangerous

60] No one ought to judge in his own cause

61] Let not your tongue run at rover

62] Health and wealth create beauty

63] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

64] Beggars must not be choosers

65] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

66] He that lives ill, fear follows him

67] Early sow, early mow

68] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

69] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

70] Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

71] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

72] Dirty linen should be washed at home

73] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

74] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

75] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

76] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

77] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

78] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

79] Few words are best

80] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

81] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

82] No road is long with good company

83] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

84] Many a true word is spoken in jest

85] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

86] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

87] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

88] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

89] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

90] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

91] Many drops make a shower

92] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

93] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

94] What is worse than ill luck?

95] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

96] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

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

98] Erring is not heating

99] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

100] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.