Famous Proverbs

1] All meat pleases not all mouths

2] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

3] There is nothing permanent except change

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

5] A heavy purse makes a light heart

6] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean

7] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

8] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

9] The cowl does not make the monk.

10] Divine grace was never slow

11] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

12] From word to deed is a great space

13] Wise men propose, and fools determine

14] Life begins only in success

15] He is lifeless that is faultless

16] One father is more than a hundred school masters

17] Better learn late than never

18] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

19] All truths are not to be told

20] Dog does not eat dog

21] Morning dreams come true

22] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

23] Dog does not eat dog

24] Health is not value till sickness comes

25] Let bygones be bygones

26] From word to deed is a great space

27] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

28] A traveller may lie with authority

29] Ignorance is the peace of life

30] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

31] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

32] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

33] Necessity knows no law

34] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

35] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

36] Four eyes see more than two

37] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

38] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

39] Money makes the man

40] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

41] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

42] A bully never grows up.

43] Two wrongs do not make a right

44] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

45] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

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

47] Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

48] A bad excuse is better than none at all

49] Boys will be boys

50] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

51] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

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

53] A cat may look at a king

54] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

55] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

56] Plain dealing is best

57] At open doors, dogs come in

58] A barber learns to shave by shaving fools

59] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

60] Give and take is fair play

61] Business is business

62] The mob tramples on the coward

63] A mouse may help a lion

64] Strike while the iron is hot

65] Saying is one thing, and doing another

66] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

67] Every dog has his (its) day

68] One fool praises another

69] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

70] Nature is content with little.

71] Homer sometimes nods

72] Much science, much sorrow

73] Beggars must not be choosers

74] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

75] Fine feathers make fine birds.

76] Habit is second nature

77] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

78] Barking dogs seldom bite

79] Half an egg is better than empty shell

80] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

81] The sun shines upon all alike.

82] Every shoe fits not every foot

83] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

84] Virtue carries a lean purse

85] Lovers are madmen

86] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

87] A good name is better than a golden girdle

88] We don’t get something for nothing

89] The lion had need of the mouse

90] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

91] The end makes all equal

92] In indecision itself, grief is present.

93] Long life has long misery

94] Wrong has no warrant

95] Learning is the eye of the mind

96] The best things come in small packages

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

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

99] Silence and thinking can no man offend

100] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure