Famous Proverbs

1] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

2] A bribe will enter without knocking

3] Laughter makes good blood

4] Four eyes see better than two.

5] Alms never make poor

6] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

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

8] A merchant that gains not, loses

9] He who comes first, grinds first.

10] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

11] A good lawyer must be a great liar

12] One potter envies another

13] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

14] Good ware makes quick market

15] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

16] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

17] First come, first served

18] A single filament of silk does not make a thread; a single tree does not make a forest

19] Half a loaf is better than do bread

20] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

21] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

22] Water is the king of food

23] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

24] While there is life, there is hope

25] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

26] Better belly burst than good meat lost

27] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

28] Never grieve for what you cannot help

29] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

30] As you bake, so shall you eat.

31] You win some, you lose some

32] A good heart cannot lie.

33] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

34] Grasp all, lose all

35] Ignorance is the peace of life

36] Slow and steady wins the race

37] Business is business

38] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

39] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

40] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

41] Health is great riches

42] He that talks much, errs much

43] Idle folks lack no excuses

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

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

46] Adversity makes strange bedfellows

47] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

48] A word to the wise is enough

49] A useful trade is a mine of gold

50] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

51] Time flees without a delay

52] Revenge never repairs an injury

53] Out of debt, out of danger

54] Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick

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

56] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

57] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

58] All things for not all persons

59] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

60] Ill news comes often on the back of worse

61] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

62] No good building without a good foundation.

63] If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

64] Borrowed garments never fit well

65] Give a loan and buy quarrel

66] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

67] As soon as there is life there is danger

68] There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip

69] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

70] One can’t help many, but many can help one

71] What the king wills, that the law wills

72] There is nothing new under the sun

73] Nature is conquered by obeying her

74] Pride goes before a fall

75] All is fair in love and war

76] All meat pleases not all mouths

77] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

78] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

79] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

80] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

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

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

83] If the father is a tiger, the son cannot be a dog.

84] Love laughs at locksmiths

85] Don’t cry for the moon

86] The great would have none great, and the little all little

87] If you would be well served, serve yourself

88] The owl thinks her own young fairest

89] No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect

90] The rich knows not who is his friend

91] He that obey cannot command

92] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

93] From word to deed is a great space

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

95] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

96] A bad excuse is better than none at all

97] The tide must be taken when it comes

98] We don’t get something for nothing

99] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

100] Charity covers a Multitude of sins