Famous Proverbs

1] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

2] Cut your coat according to your cloth

3] Respect is greater from a distance

4] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

5] A fool at forty is a fool indeed

6] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

7] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

8] At a good bargain thinks twice

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

10] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

11] No man fears what he has seen grow

12] The best of friends must part

13] He that knows little often repeats it

14] Coming events cast their shadows before

15] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

16] Prevention is better than cure

17] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

18] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

19] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

20] A good marksman may miss

21] Like breeds like

22] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

23] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

24] Men are not angles

25] A merchant that gains not, loses

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

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

28] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

29] As you bake, so shall you eat.

30] Everything comes to him who waits

31] No hair so small but has his shadow

32] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

33] More have repented speech than silence

34] What’s done is done

35] Custom makes all things easy

36] Dirty linen should be washed at home

37] There is no garden without its weeds

38] He who sits chatting about nothing loses his candle

39] A hungry man smells meat afar off

40] A wicked man is his own hell

41] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

42] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

43] Wiles help weak folk

44] Tell the truth and shame the devil

45] You can’t win them all

46] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

47] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

48] One man’s loss is another’s gain

49] It is best to be on the safe side

50] A light purse makes a heavy heart

51] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

52] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

53] Haste trips up (or over) its own heels

54] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

55] Anything will fit a naked man.

56] Everything in moderation.

57] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

58] Do it now

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

60] No hair so small but has his shadow

61] The weeds overgrow the corn.

62] Every man praises his own wares

63] Of two evils choose the lesser

64] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

65] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

66] Beware of a silent man and still water

67] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

68] Keep some till further more come

69] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

70] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

71] A bad workman always blames his tools

72] Every why has a wherefore

73] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

74] He that eats well should do his duty well

75] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

76] You know what you can do till you try.

77] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

78] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

79] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

80] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

81] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

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

83] Good words are worth much and cost little

84] Cowards die often. He that fears death lives not

85] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

86] Without luck, it is better not to be born

87] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

88] Truth conquers all things

89] Care killed the cat

90] There are spots even in the sun

91] Virtue is the only true nobility

92] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

93] He that will not endure to itch must endure to smart

94] All things that great men do are well done

95] First impressions are half the battle

96] Common fame is a liar

97] The eye is bigger than the belly

98] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

99] Practice what you preach

100] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust