Famous Proverbs

1] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

2] God arms the harmless

3] Not even Hercules could contend against two

4] The more cost, the more honour

5] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

6] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

7] Man does what he can, and God what he will

8] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

9] Never judge from appearances

10] Homo is a common name to all men.

11] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

12] Better late than never, but better never late

13] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

14] Don’t ride the high horse

15] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

16] There is none misfortune cannot reach

17] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

18] A goose drinks as much as gander

19] Look before you leap

20] Other times, other manners

21] The more you get, the more you want

22] Gold may be bought too dear

23] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

24] Praise is a spur to the good, a thorn to the evil

25] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

26] Never spur a willing horse

27] Give and spend, and God will send

28] The poor suffer all the wrong

29] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

30] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

31] No one betrays himself by silence

32] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

33] Stolen sweets are sweeter

34] Fools live poor to die rich

35] Dogs bark as they are bred.

36] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

37] While there is life, there is hope

38] God’ s mill grids slow but sure

39] What can’t be cured must be endured

40] He that wants health wants all

41] Great oaks from little acorns grow

42] Hear twice before you speak once

43] Virtue is the only true nobility

44] First come, first served

45] The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman

46] Take heed is a fair thing

47] A wicked man is his own hell

48] Sorrow will pay no debt

49] Waste is not grandeur

50] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

51] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

52] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

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

54] Not even Hercules could contend against two

55] A good payer is master of another’s purse

56] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

57] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

58] Better at home than a mile from it

59] A child can have too much of his mother’s blessings

60] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

61] Manners make the man

62] Beware of him who makes thee presents

63] A man of courage never wants weapons

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

65] Learning is the eye of the mind

66] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

67] In fair weather prepare for foul

68] The tongue talks at the heads cost

69] Everything comes to him who waits

70] A living dog is better than a dead lion

71] Strength grows stronger by being tried

72] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

73] A scalded cat fears hot water.

74] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

75] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

76] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

77] The wisest of the wise may err.

78] He that praises himself, spatters himself

79] Every little helps

80] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

81] He that eats well should do his duty well

82] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

83] The good is often the enemy of the best

84] Precept begins, examples accomplish

85] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

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

87] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

88] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

89] Though a man lives for less than a hundred years, he burdens himself with the anxieties of a thousand years

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

91] Numbers overcome the brave

92] A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

93] Money talks

94] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

95] You never know what you can do till you try

96] All things for not all persons

97] There are more ways to the wood than one.

98] Be still and have thy will

99] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

100] Dog does not eat dog