Famous Proverbs

1] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

2] A parrot will only say what it is taught

3] Self do, self have

4] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

5] As you bake, so shall you eat.

6] Wine unveils the words of the heart

7] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

8] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

9] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

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

11] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

12] A cat may look at a king

13] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

14] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

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

16] Give credit where credit is due

17] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

18] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

19] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

20] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

21] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

22] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

23] He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.

24] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

25] Don’t have too many irons in the fire

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

27] The tongue talks at the heads cost

28] He is wise who looks ahead

29] He that has an ill name is half hanged

30] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

31] The company makes the feast

32] In doing we learn.

33] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

34] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

35] One of these days is none of these days

36] He mediates revenge who least complains.

37] Work expands so as to fill the time available

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

39] The early man ever borrows from the late man

40] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

41] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

42] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

43] Love laughs at locksmiths

44] One is not smelt where all stink

45] Children speak only words they have heard.

46] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

47] He who touches pitch will be defiled

48] Practice what you preach

49] Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

50] Success has many friends

51] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

52] Every dog is valiant at his won door

53] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

54] Love and business teach eloquence

55] They that dance must pay the fiddler

56] Everything new is fine

57] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

58] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

59] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

60] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean

61] Master easy, servant slack

62] Do it now

63] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

64] Good fame is better than a good face

65] Necessity is the mother of invention

66] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

67] If you cannot bite never show your teeth

68] The devil is not as black as he is painted

69] A good example is the best sermon

70] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

71] The garment worn determines how one is served

72] A good husband makes a good wife

73] Hungry bellies have no ears

74] Good to begin well, better to end well.

75] Life is short and time is swift

76] Fair play’s a jewel

77] By his deeds we know a man

78] Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went

79] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

80] Years know more than books

81] A fault confessed is half redressed

82] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

83] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

84] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

85] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

86] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

87] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

88] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

89] An obedient wife commands her husband

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

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

92] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

93] An obedient wife commands her husband

94] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

95] Take time by the forelock

96] Out of the frying-pan into the fire

97] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

98] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

99] Misery loves company.

100] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden