Famous Proverbs

1] Corn him well and he will work better

2] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

3] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

4] An evil life is a kind of death.

5] An obedient wife commands her husband

6] It is a great victory that comes without blood

7] A scalded cat fears hot water.

8] One man’s loss is another’s gain

9] Death keeps no calendar

10] Valour delights in the test

11] Friendship is a plant which must be often watered

12] Comparisons are odious

13] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

14] Tempt not a desperate man

15] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

16] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

17] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

18] Do as say, not as I do

19] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

20] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

21] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

22] Through hardship to the stars

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

24] Wishes can never fill a sack

25] Love me, love the crows on my roof

26] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

27] All things for not all persons

28] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

29] Better learn late than never

30] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

31] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

32] Old habits die hard

33] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

34] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

35] Quickly come, quickly go

36] Every may be has a may not be

37] Nothing crave, nothing have

38] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

39] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

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

41] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

42] Never refuse a good offer

43] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

44] Sooner begun, sooner done

45] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

46] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

47] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

48] The more you have the more you want

49] He who squeezes in between the onion and the peel, picks up its stink.

50] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

51] New brooms sweep clean

52] He is rich that has few wants

53] Crime does not pay

54] Envy never enriched any man.

55] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

56] Never hit a man when he’s down

57] A fool and his money are soon parted

58] To err is human; to forgive, divine

59] Fair is not fair, but that which pleases.

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

61] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

62] Home is home though it be never so homely

63] There’s always room at the top

64] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

65] The labourer is worthy of his hire

66] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

67] He conquers who endures

68] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

69] Parents are patterns

70] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

71] Better a bare foot than none

72] Beauty fades like a flower.

73] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

74] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

75] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

76] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

77] Hope is grief’s best music

78] The money you refuse will never do you good

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

80] We don’t get something for nothing

81] He who pays the piper calls the tune

82] One foot is better than two crutches

83] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

84] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

85] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

86] It is good fishing in troubled waters

87] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

88] First impressions are most lasting

89] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

90] One must be a servant before one can be a master

91] A bully is always a coward

92] What must be must be

93] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

94] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

95] Misfortune arrives on horseback but departs on foot

96] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

97] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

98] None so deaf as those that will not hear

99] In indecision itself, grief is present.

100] Least said, soonest mended