Famous Proverbs

1] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

2] It is good fishing in troubled waters

3] A gift much expected is paid, not given

4] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

5] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

6] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

7] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

8] First creep, then walk

9] Best is cheapest

10] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

11] Wife and Children are bills of charges

12] When the word is out it belongs to another

13] Repentance comes too late

14] A man of courage never wants weapons

15] Innocence is no protection

16] There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

17] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented

18] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

19] First think, and then speak

20] Praise no man till he is dead.

21] Pardon makes offenders

22] Jack is as good as his master

23] Despair gives courage to a coward

24] The fairest flowers soonest fade

25] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

26] For a web begun, God sends the thread

27] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

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

29] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

30] Friends agree best at a distance

31] You never know your luck

32] The hole calls the thief

33] All roads lead to Rome

34] Keep something for a rainy day

35] A fool may give a wise man counsel

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

37] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

38] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

39] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

40] In everything consider the end

41] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

42] Take away fuel, take away flame

43] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

44] Past cure, past care

45] No one betrays himself by silence

46] No day so clear but has dark clouds

47] Example is better than precept

48] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

49] The longest way round is the shortest way home

50] Fair is not fair, but that which pleases.

51] Prevention is better than cure

52] You cannot make bricks without straw

53] There is nothing lost by civility

54] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

55] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

56] Slow help is no help

57] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

58] Birds once snared fear all bushes

59] No playing with a straw before an old cat.

60] Borrowed garments never fit well

61] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

62] Wise men learn by other men’s harms (or mistakes), fools, by their own

63] There are spots even in the sun

64] Words and feathers the wind carries away

65] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

66] One man sows and another reaps

67] One must howl with the wolves

68] Still waters run deep

69] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

70] As you bake, so shall you eat.

71] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

72] Where there’s muck, there’s money

73] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

74] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

75] Example, is better than precept

76] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

77] He that will thrive must rise at five

78] Wise men propose, and fools determine

79] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

80] Hunger is the best sauce

81] Man cannot live by bread alone

82] The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity

83] Ready money is a ready remedy

84] The race is got by running

85] He who excuses himself accuses himself

86] Time and tide wait for no man

87] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

88] Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools

89] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

90] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

91] The coward threatens only when he is safe

92] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

93] Truth is mighty and will prevail

94] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

95] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

96] If you want peace, prepare for war

97] The resolved mind has no cares

98] Tomorrow is another day

99] He who does no good, does evil enough

100] Cruelty is more cruel, if we defer the pain