Famous Proverbs

1] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

2] Much meat, much malady

3] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

4] Walls have ears

5] Big fish eat little fish

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

7] A constant guest is never welcome

8] Shrouds have no pockets

9] He that does most at once, does least

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

11] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

12] There is honour among thieves

13] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

14] Words fly, writings remain

15] It is a poor (or sad) heart that never rejoices

16] Ready money is a ready remedy

17] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

18] Love and business teach eloquence

19] First impressions are the most lasting

20] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

21] Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

22] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

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

24] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

25] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

26] It’s dogged that does it

27] Hitch your wagon to a star

28] Procrastination is the thief of time

29] Better eye sore than al blind

30] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

31] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

32] There is no royal road to learning

33] The ass that brays most eats

34] Her that is down need fear no fall

35] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

36] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

37] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

38] They also serve who only stand and wait

39] Gold is tried in the fire

40] A good heart cannot lie.

41] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

42] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

43] Variety is the spice of life

44] A fool believes everything

45] Through obedience learn to command.

46] Where there is whispering there is lying

47] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

48] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

49] A wicked man is his own hell

50] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

51] You may have too much of a good thing

52] Morning dreams come true

53] Never do things by halves

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

55] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

56] Many hands make light work

57] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

58] Self do, self have

59] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

60] It is too late to call back yesterday

61] The greatest step is that out of doors

62] What is deferred is not abandoned

63] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

64] A word spoken is past recalling

65] Where there is no might, right loses itself

66] You can’t win them all

67] No one ought to judge in his own cause

68] Birds of a feather flock together

69] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

70] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

71] A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse

72] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

73] They also serve who only stand and wait

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

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

76] First come, first served

77] You must grin and bear it

78] Learning is the eye of the mind

79] Fine feathers make fine birds.

80] They are rich who have true friends

81] Of two evils choose the lesser

82] He that demands misses not, unless his demands be foolish

83] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

84] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

85] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

86] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

87] There is no rose without a thorn

88] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

89] He who demands does not command

90] A scalded cat fears hot water.

91] Life begins only in success

92] The end crowns the work.

93] Experience must be bought

94] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

95] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

96] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

97] Enough is enough

98] Books and friends should be few but good

99] Money refused loses its brightness

100] Content is better than riches