Famous Proverbs

1] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

2] Better say noting than no to the purpose

3] Zeal without prudence is frenzy

4] No feast lasts forever.

5] Rome was not (or cannot be) built in a day

6] The longest journey starts with a single step

7] Practice what you preach

8] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

9] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

10] Circumstances alter cases

11] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

12] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

13] Give a loan and buy quarrel

14] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

15] There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it

16] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

17] Call a spade a spade

18] God made the country ,and man made the town

19] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

20] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

21] Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

22] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

23] Tell a lie and stick to it.

24] Laws were made to be broke

25] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

26] Every man has his price

27] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

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

29] The longest journey starts with a single step

30] Blue are the far away hills

31] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

32] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

33] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

34] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

35] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

36] A stitch in time saves nine

37] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

38] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

39] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

40] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

41] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

42] The falling drops hollow the stone

43] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

44] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

45] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

46] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

47] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

48] Innocence is no protection

49] A fault once denied is twice committed

50] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

51] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

52] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

53] A man’s mother is his other God

54] Great actions speak minds

55] Let us do evil that good may come

56] What is money to a cat?

57] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

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

59] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

60] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

61] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

62] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

63] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

64] You never know what you can do till you try

65] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

66] Beware of no man more than himself

67] Give the devil his due

68] Half a word is enough for a wise man

69] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

70] All that glitters is not gold

71] A black hen lays a white egg

72] Pardon makes offenders

73] Don’t tell tales out of school

74] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

75] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

76] One man’s loss is another’s gain

77] Liars should have good memories

78] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

79] Many dishes make many diseases

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

81] Open a book and you profit by what you read

82] You cannot make bricks without straw

83] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

84] The tongue stings

85] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

86] Money makes the man

87] More have repented speech than silence

88] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

89] Wife and Children are bills of charges

90] Might knows no right

91] What may be done at any time is done at no time

92] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

93] They say so’ is half a lie

94] First impressions are the most lasting

95] Good is good but better carries it

96] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

97] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

98] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

99] Fair play’s a jewel

100] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise