Famous Proverbs

1] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

2] A jack of all traders is master of none

3] A good beginning is half the battle.

4] An angry man is not fit to pray

5] Young saint, old devil.

6] Circumstances alter cases

7] Second thoughts are best

8] Success makes a fool seem wise.

9] A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

10] A bad excuse is better than none at all

11] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

12] Hope keeps man alive

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

14] Great actions speak minds

15] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

16] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

17] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

18] A word spoken is past recalling

19] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

20] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

21] He who excuses himself accuses himself

22] Love conquers all

23] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

24] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

25] Each day brings its own bread

26] Words are but wind

27] Covetousness breaks the sack

28] Live and Learn

29] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

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

31] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

32] Everything new is fine

33] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

34] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

35] The money you refuse will never do you good

36] A good conscience is a constant feast

37] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

38] Beauty opens locked doors

39] The greatest step is that out of doors

40] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

41] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

42] He mediates revenge who least complains.

43] Nature abhors a vacuum

44] All our pomp the earth covers

45] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

46] Big fish eat little fish

47] Man punishes the action but God the intention

48] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

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

50] If you would be well served, serve yourself

51] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

52] You cannot have it both ways

53] What can’t be cured must be endured

54] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

55] One may change the place but not the mind.

56] There is no redemption from hell

57] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

58] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

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

60] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

61] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

62] Death does not recognize strength

63] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

64] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

65] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

66] Hunger breaks stone walls

67] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

68] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

69] There is safety in numbers

70] Laughter makes good blood

71] Great minds think alike

72] It never rains it pours

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

74] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

75] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

76] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

77] What is deferred is not abandoned

78] Money is the only monarch

79] The falling drops hollow the stone

80] In the land of hope there is never any winter

81] No sweet without sweat

82] There is no time like the present

83] Time flies

84] The first step is the hardest

85] Names and natures do often agree

86] A man may learn wit every day.

87] It costs more to do ill than to do well

88] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

89] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

90] It is easy to be wise after the event

91] Never refuse a good offer

92] Better a bare foot than none

93] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

94] A good wife makes a good husband

95] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

96] Let not your tongue run at rover

97] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

98] Necessity knows no law

99] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

100] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings