Famous Proverbs

1] An old dog barks not in vain

2] Necessity breaks iron

3] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

4] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

5] The tongue talks at the heads cost

6] All things for not all persons

7] If you want peace, prepare for war

8] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

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

10] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

11] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

12] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

13] All truths are not to be told

14] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

15] The pot calls the kettle black

16] Don’t make a mountain out of molehill

17] He who wills the end, Wills the means

18] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

19] The Pen is mightier than the sword

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

21] Good fame is better than a good face

22] There’s always room at the top

23] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

24] God helps those who help themselves

25] Good fences make good neighbours

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

27] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

28] There is no fool like an old fool

29] Hasty work, double work,

30] Better be a fool than a knave

31] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

32] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

33] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

34] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

35] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

36] Desperate diseases need (or must have) desperate cures

37] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

38] The sign brings customers

39] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

40] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

41] A joke’s a very serious thing

42] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

43] All meat pleases not all mouths

44] Error cannot be defended but by error

45] Fools rejoice at promises

46] Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

47] Wine unveils the words of the heart

48] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

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

50] Health is better than wealth

51] The ant had wings to her hurt

52] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

53] Every dog is a lion at home

54] Like will to like

55] One father is more than a hundred school masters

56] All that glitters is not gold

57] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

58] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

59] More than enough is too much

60] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

61] Too much money makes one mad

62] An honest good look covers many faults.

63] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

64] A great city, a great solitude

65] Tomorrow is another day

66] Great minds think alike

67] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

68] Divine grace was never slow

69] Better a bare foot than none

70] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

71] The first blow is half the battle

72] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

73] Honour is the reward of virtue

74] Wake not a sleeping lion

75] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

76] All good things must come to an end

77] No road is long with good company

78] The borrower is servant to the lender

79] Better to ask the way than go astray.

80] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

81] You can’t win them all

82] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

83] The first step is the hardest

84] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

85] Set a thief to catch a thief

86] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

87] That which is easily done is soon believed

88] Every dog has his (its) day

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

90] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

91] Money is the sinews of war

92] God arms the harmless

93] He that speaks not, God hears not

94] One foot is better than two crutches

95] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

96] One man sows and another reaps

97] Nature surpasses art

98] The more you have the more you want

99] Best is cheapest

100] A friend in need is a friend indeed