Famous Proverbs

1] Why play music for a deal man or dance for a blind man?

2] A good friend is my nearest relation

3] Through hardship to the stars

4] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

5] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

6] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

7] God provides for him that trusts

8] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

9] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

10] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

11] All cats are grey in the dark

12] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

13] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

14] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

15] A word to the wise is enough

16] You win some, you lose some

17] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

18] Idleness is the root of all evil

19] You may force a man to shut his eyes but you can’t make him sleep

20] Take things as you find them

21] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares

22] Two things do prolong they life: a quiet heart and a loving wife

23] Honour is the reward of virtue

24] Lookers-on see more than players

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

26] Don’t quarrel with your bread and buffer

27] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

28] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

29] Without diligence, no prize

30] A wicked man is his own hell

31] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

32] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning

33] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

34] Rome was not built in a day

35] An ill wound is cured, not an ill name

36] Little wealth, little care

37] Stolen sweets are sweeter

38] A good husband makes a good wife

39] Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kings horses.

40] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

41] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

42] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

43] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

44] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

45] Borrowed garments never fit well

46] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

47] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

48] A single rose does not mean spring

49] Praises fill not the belly

50] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

51] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

52] Where there is whispering there is lying

53] First creep, then walk

54] Like master, like man

55] Change brings life

56] The end justifies the means

57] The pitcher goes often to the well that it is broken at last

58] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

59] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

60] All things for not all persons

61] Life is not all beer and skittles

62] Time stays not for the fool’s leisure

63] The best of men are but men at best.

64] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

65] An old dog barks not in vain

66] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

67] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

68] When the word is out it belongs to another

69] A friend is easier lost than found

70] It takes two to make a quarrel

71] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

72] None so deaf as those that will not hear

73] Don’t play with fire

74] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

75] No land without stones, or meat without bones

76] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

77] Penny wise, pound foolish

78] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

79] Where god will help, nothing does harm

80] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

81] Never tell your enemy that your foot aches

82] He who sows, trusts in God

83] Good hand, good hire

84] Example is better than precept

85] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

86] His bark is worse than his bite

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

88] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

89] Practice makes perfect

90] The best of men are but men at best.

91] Everything comes to him who waits

92] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

93] A word spoken is past recalling

94] A jest breaks no bones

95] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

96] The sun shines upon all alike.

97] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

98] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

99] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

100] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower