Famous Proverbs

1] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

2] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

3] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

4] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

5] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

6] Love is blind

7] After the extreme of cold comes spring

8] Repentance comes too late

9] Circumstances alter cases

10] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

11] Wrong has no warrant

12] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good

13] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

14] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

15] The borrower is servant to the lender

16] Not even Hercules could contend against two

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

18] Mirth without measure is madness

19] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

20] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

21] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

22] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

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

24] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

25] Six feet of earth make all men equal

26] Jack is as good as his master

27] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

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

29] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

30] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

31] How forceful are right words

32] He travels the fastest who travels alone

33] Misfortune makes foes of friends

34] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow

35] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt

36] A good husband makes a good wife

37] No man is indispensable

38] The early bird catches the worm

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

40] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

41] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

42] He that seeks trouble never misses

43] Children and chickens must be always picking

44] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

45] No hair so small but has his shadow

46] Adventures are to be adventurous

47] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

48] Ill news comes apace.

49] A word before is worth two behind

50] Big fish eat little fish

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

52] Nothing costs so much as what is given us

53] Stolen goods never thrive

54] Many a true word is spoken in jest

55] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

56] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

57] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

58] The tongue talks at the heads cost

59] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

60] Sooner begun, sooner done

61] A wise man hears one word and understands two

62] Revenge never repairs an injury

63] The best of friends must part

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

65] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

66] Long absent, soon forgotten

67] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

68] Hard words break no bones

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

70] Four eyes see more than two

71] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

72] Everything new is fine

73] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

74] Tell the truth and shame the devil

75] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

76] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

77] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

78] He that travels far knows much

79] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

80] Laws were made to be broke

81] Youth will have its course.

82] Kill two birds with one stone

83] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

84] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

85] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

86] Crime does not pay

87] Like father, like son

88] History repeats itself

89] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

90] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

91] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

92] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

93] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

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

95] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

96] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

97] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

98] Money talks

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

100] Trust is the mother of deceit