Famous Proverbs

1] No man is indispensable

2] The absent party is always to blame.

3] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

4] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

5] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

6] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

7] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

8] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

9] Trust is the mother of deceit

10] No man is content with his lot

11] God is a sure paymaster

12] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

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

14] No road is long with good company

15] Never do things by halves

16] Misfortune does not always come to injure

17] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

18] Nature is the true law

19] All things are easy, that are done willingly

20] Kill two birds with one stone

21] They can do least two boast loudest

22] When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

23] Nothing is given so freely as advice

24] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

25] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

26] You may know by a handful the whole sack

27] A wise man hears one word and understands two

28] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

29] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

30] Do not limp before the lame

31] Use makes mastery

32] Make hay while the sun shines

33] You are never too old to learn

34] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

35] Diligence is the mother of good luck

36] Fools rejoice at promises

37] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

38] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

39] There is nothing permanent except change

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

41] If the lad goes to the well against his will, either the can will break or the water will spill

42] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

43] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

44] It’s dogged that does it

45] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

46] The best things carried to excess are wrong

47] One sword keeps another in the sheath

48] It is the unexpected that always happens

49] Old habits die hard

50] A man in debt is caught in a net

51] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

52] Time and tide wait for no man

53] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

54] He that has no money needs no purse

55] Patient waiters are no losers

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

57] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

58] There is no garden without its weeds

59] Fair is he that comes, but fairer is he that brings.

60] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

61] It is too late to call back yesterday

62] The dog is a lion in his own house

63] He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

64] There is no garden without its weeds

65] Wash your dirty linen at home

66] He that blows best, bears away the horn

67] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

68] There is nothing permanent except change

69] He that seeks trouble never misses

70] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

71] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

72] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

73] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

74] Through obedience learn to command.

75] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

76] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

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

78] Sow thin and mow thin

79] Parents are patterns

80] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

81] Forgive and forget

82] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

83] He that cannot ask, cannot live

84] The highest tree has the greatest fall

85] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

86] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

87] Never spend your money before you have it

88] Ale will make a cat speak

89] He that travels far knows much

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

91] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

92] You cannot unscramble eggs

93] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

94] Conscience does make cowards of us all

95] Practice is the science that gives confidence

96] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

97] A hungry man is angry man

98] The best of friends must part

99] Accidents will happen

100] Much babbling is not without offence