Famous Proverbs

1] From word to deed is a great space

2] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

3] Moderation in all things

4] Crust is better than no bread

5] The good is often the enemy of the best

6] He who wills the end, Wills the means

7] Mirth without measure is madness

8] Manners make the man

9] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

10] The early bird catches the worm

11] No man is wise at all times

12] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

13] He that will thrive must rise at five

14] Half an egg is better than empty shell

15] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

16] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

17] In fair weather prepare for foul

18] All is vanity.

19] Little wealth, little care

20] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

21] Tomorrow is another day

22] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

23] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

24] A true man and a thief think not the same

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

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

27] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

28] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

29] A still tongue makes a wise head

30] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

31] What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals

32] Affection blinds reason

33] Spend and be free, but make no waste

34] Nature will have her course

35] Health and wealth create beauty

36] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

37] There is nothing permanent except change

38] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

39] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

40] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

41] Don’t try to run before you walk

42] He that lives ill, fear follows him

43] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

44] Facts are stubborn things

45] No man limps because another is hurt

46] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

47] No man is a hero to his valet

48] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

49] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

50] A little help is worth a deal of pity

51] Do not kick against the pricks

52] A change is as good as rest

53] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

54] Little by little and bit by bit.

55] In haste is error

56] Many dishes make many diseases

57] No hair so small but has his shadow

58] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

59] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

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

61] All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

62] I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

63] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

64] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

65] Love and business teach eloquence

66] Lend your money and lose a friend

67] United we stand, divided we fall

68] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

69] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

70] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

71] Knowledge is power

72] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

73] Not good is it to harp on the frayed string

74] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

75] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

76] As long lives a merry man as a sad

77] Beauty is eloquent even when silent

78] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

79] Clean and whole makes poor clothes shine.

80] Every man is his own worst enemy

81] Danger makes men devout

82] What cannot gold do?

83] Necessity is a powerful weapon

84] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

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

86] Practice what you preach

87] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

88] One must howl with the wolves

89] An old horse knows the route

90] We are all Adam’s children

91] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

92] Mirth is the sugar of life

93] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

94] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

95] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

96] Repentance comes too late

97] In my own house, I am king

98] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

99] A bad workman always blames his tools

100] No wrong without a remedy