Famous Proverbs

1] Anger without power is folly

2] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

3] Rome was not built in a day

4] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

5] Do as most men do, then most men well speak well of you

6] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

7] He who excuses himself accuses himself

8] One potter envies another

9] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

10] The labour we delight in physics pain

11] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

12] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

13] A good servant must have good wages

14] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

15] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

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

17] The bull must be taken by the horns

18] While there is life, there is hope

19] Weak things united become strong

20] Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

21] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

22] He that speaks not, God hears not

23] A good wife makes a good husband

24] Bold men have generous hearts

25] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

26] Handsome is as handsome does

27] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

28] Bold men have generous hearts

29] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

30] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

31] Ill comes often on the back worse

32] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

33] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

34] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

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

36] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

37] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

38] Of two evils choose the lesser

39] Great hopes make great men

40] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

41] Where there is no trust there is no love

42] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

43] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

44] If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.

45] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

46] Good broth may be made in an old pot

47] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

48] Trust is the mother of deceit

49] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

50] Drops that gather one by one finally become a sea

51] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

52] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

53] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

54] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

55] A useful trade is a mine of gold

56] Care brings grey hair.

57] No like is the same.

58] No feast lasts forever.

59] It costs more to do ill than to do well

60] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

61] Wink at small faults

62] The end makes all equal

63] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

64] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

65] The unexpected always happens.

66] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

67] Better never begin than never make an end

68] Poor men’s words have little weight

69] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

70] Harp not for ever on the same string

71] Work expands so as to fill the time available

72] God provides for him that trusts

73] Nothing is given so freely as advice

74] Of thy sorrow be not too sad, of thy joy be not too glad

75] Lend never that thing you needed most

76] Gluttony kills more than the sword

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

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

79] Never spur a willing horse

80] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

81] All is fair in love and war

82] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

83] Great hopes make great men

84] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

85] Big fish eat little fish

86] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

87] All things for not all persons

88] Go not to hell for company

89] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

90] Fair face, foul heart

91] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

92] After a storm comes a calm

93] Fair exchange is no robbery

94] Praises fill not the belly

95] What one loses (or you lose) on the swings, one makes up (or you gain) on the roundabouts

96] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

97] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

98] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

99] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

100] He gives twice who gives quickly