Famous Proverbs

1] Man does what he can, and God what he will

2] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

3] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

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

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

6] Work smart; don’t work hard

7] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

8] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

9] Care brings grey hair.

10] Wedlock is padlock

11] Much would have more

12] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

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

14] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

15] It is too late to husband when all is spent

16] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

17] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool

18] The more wicked, the more lucky

19] Praise is always pleasant

20] A man without a wife is but half a man

21] Beauty is but skin-deep

22] In everything consider the end

23] Never too late to late to repent

24] Lose a leg rather than a life

25] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

26] In fair weather prepare for foul

27] It takes all sorts to make a world

28] Ill comes often on the back worse

29] Love rules without a sword, and binds without a cord

30] All glory comes from daring to begin

31] A scalded cat fears hot water.

32] They also serve who only stand and wait

33] Every path has a puddle

34] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

35] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

36] He that has an ill name is half hanged

37] Extremity of right is wrong

38] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

39] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

40] It is more blessed to give than to receive

41] Better learn late than never

42] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

43] One man’s means another man’s poison

44] Better an egg in peace than an ox in war

45] Don’t cross the bridge before you get to it

46] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

47] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

48] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

49] Don’t kick against the pricks

50] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

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

52] He who pays the piper calls the tune

53] They that dance must pay the fiddler

54] Past cure, past care

55] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

56] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

57] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

58] What must be must be

59] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

60] You never know your luck

61] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

62] A little body often harbours a great soul

63] An egg thief will become a camel thief

64] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

65] Beware of him who makes thee presents

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

67] One must howl with the wolves

68] It is equally an error to trust all men or no man

69] When the cat is away, the mice will play

70] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

71] Speech is silver, silence is golden

72] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

73] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

74] Empty vessels make the most sound

75] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

76] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

77] Misfortune does not always come to injure

78] Custom reconciles us to everything

79] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

80] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

81] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

82] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden

83] Even silence may be eloquent

84] More have repented speech than silence

85] Two heads are better than one

86] There is many a fair thing full false

87] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

88] Old vessels must leak

89] Every shoe fits not every foot

90] A closed mouth catches no files

91] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

92] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

93] After a storm comes a calm

94] Don’t put the cart before the horse

95] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

96] Home is where the heart is

97] After the extreme of cold comes spring

98] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

99] A heavy purse makes a light heart

100] Everyone to his taste