Famous Proverbs

1] Dead men tell no tales

2] Novelty always appears handsome

3] There’s no great loss without some gain

4] Idle folks lack no excuses

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

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

7] A crust is better than no bread.

8] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

9] Ready money is a ready remedy

10] What’s in a name?

11] What must be must be

12] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

13] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

14] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

15] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

16] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

17] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

18] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

19] Truth is god’s daughter

20] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

21] Better never begin than never make an end

22] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

23] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

24] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

25] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

26] All is fair in love and war

27] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

28] Love your friend with his fault

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

30] Appetite comes with eating

31] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

32] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

33] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

34] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

35] Mercy surpasses justice

36] It is good to follow the old fox

37] Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

38] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

39] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

40] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

41] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

42] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

43] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

44] He that repairs not a part, builds all

45] There’s no place like home

46] Garbage in, garbage out

47] He knows the water best who has waded through it

48] Brevity is the soul of wit

49] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

50] A still tongue makes a wise head

51] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

52] Wise men silent, fools talk

53] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

54] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

55] Nature is content with little.

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

57] A jest breaks no bones

58] Dirty water does not wash clean.

59] Fish begins to stink at the head

60] Man cannot live by bread alone

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

62] A man may learn wit every day.

63] Dumb men get no lands

64] A living dog is better than a dead lion

65] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

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

67] He that brings good news, knocks hard

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

69] All things for not all persons

70] Adam’s ale is the best brew

71] Friendship should not be all on one

72] Love conquers all

73] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

74] Safety lies in the middle course

75] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

76] Might overcome right.

77] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

78] Laws were made to be broke

79] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

80] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

81] No land without stones, or meat without bones

82] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

83] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

84] Almost’ never killed a fly.

85] Beware of him who makes thee presents

86] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

87] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

88] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood

89] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

90] Paddle your own canoe

91] Many words, many buffets

92] Love will go through stone walls

93] The tailor makes the man

94] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

95] He gives twice who gives quickly

96] Seek and you shall find

97] Gold may be bought too dear

98] Far from eye, far from heart

99] The bait hides the hook

100] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory