Famous Proverbs

1] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

2] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

3] A learned man has always riches in himself

4] He that speaks well, flights well

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

6] God comes at last when think he is farthest off

7] Leave well alone

8] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

9] Wine unveils the words of the heart

10] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

11] We don’t get something for nothing

12] He who comes late must eat what is left

13] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

14] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

15] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

16] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

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

18] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

19] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

20] The great fish eat up the small

21] Change brings life

22] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

23] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

24] Many hands make light work

25] First impressions are most lasting

26] The last suitor wins the maid

27] Without diligence, no prize

28] Soon gotten, soon spent

29] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

30] The labourer is worthy of his hire

31] An evil life is a kind of death.

32] First catch your hare

33] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

34] The cobbler should stick to his last

35] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

36] No day so clear but has dark clouds

37] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

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

39] In the end, things will mend

40] One man’s loss is another’s gain

41] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

42] Words bind men

43] A scalded cat fears hot water.

44] Let not your tongue run at rover

45] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

46] Fire is a good servant a bad master

47] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

48] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

49] Kill two birds with one stone

50] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

51] An angry man is not fit to pray

52] Blood is thicker than water

53] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

54] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

55] Forecast is better than work-hard

56] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

57] A rich man’s joke is always funny

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

59] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

60] Saying is one thing, and doing another

61] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

62] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

63] If the cap fits, wear it

64] He is wise who looks ahead

65] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

66] One of these days is none of these days

67] What has been, may be

68] Affection blinds reason

69] Fair face, foul heart

70] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

71] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

72] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

73] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

74] A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his home

75] Kind hearts are more than coronets

76] He who serves is not free

77] Necessity breaks iron

78] Conscience does make cowards of us all

79] He that burns most, shines most

80] Nature is content with little.

81] As long lives a merry man as a sad

82] When you do not know what to do – wait.

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

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

85] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

86] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

87] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

88] Hard cases make bad law

89] Change of pasture makes fat calves

90] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

91] He that has good money, gives few alms

92] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

93] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

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

95] Good ware makes quick market

96] Two wrongs do not make a right

97] The greatest talkers are the least doers

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

99] The weakest goes to the wall

100] A good lawyer must be a great liar