Famous Proverbs

1] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

2] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

3] More haste, less speed

4] An evil life is a kind of death.

5] Never too late to late to repent

6] The end justifies the means

7] He is an ill husband who is not missed

8] The hand that gives, gathers

9] Give the devil his due

10] Now is now, and then was then

11] No misfortune will go on forever

12] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

13] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

14] A wicked man is his own hell

15] Seek and you shall find

16] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

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

18] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

19] A man may bear till his back breaks

20] Don’t ride the high horse

21] Misfortune does not always come to injure

22] Cast not the first stone.

23] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

24] The longest way round is the shortest way home

25] Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it

26] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

27] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

28] Virtue is the only true nobility

29] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

30] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

31] Union is strength.

32] Wife and Children are bills of charges

33] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

34] One father is more than a hundred school masters

35] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

36] There are two sides to every question

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

38] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

39] Weak things united become strong

40] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

41] A mouse may help a lion

42] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

43] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

44] Fair face, foul heart

45] United we stand, divided we fall

46] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

47] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

48] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

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

50] Marriage is a lottery

51] Her that is down need fear no fall

52] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

53] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

54] No flying without wings.

55] The receiver is as bad as the thief

56] There is safety in numbers

57] Make hay while the sun shines

58] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

59] It is a great victory that comes without blood

60] Take things as they come

61] An egg thief will become a camel thief

62] The first step is the only difficulty

63] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

64] If you walk in the sun, you will know the blessedness of being in the shade

65] Big fish eat little fish

66] Variety is the spice of life

67] Good ware makes quick market

68] A good name is better than a golden girdle

69] Nothing ventured, nothing gained

70] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

71] No man is born wise or learned

72] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

73] All is vanity.

74] A fool may give a wise man counsel

75] A word before is worth two behind

76] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

77] If cattle are scattered, the tiger seizes them.

78] A willful man will have his way

79] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

80] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

81] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

82] Wise men silent, fools talk

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

84] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

85] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

86] Ill gotten, ill spent

87] Flesh is frail

88] It is good to follow the old fox

89] Soon hot, soon cold

90] He loves roast meat well that licks the spit.

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

92] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

93] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

94] Prevention is better than cure

95] By his deeds we know a man

96] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

97] Never grieve for what you cannot help

98] The king can do no wrong

99] Time lost cannot be recalled

100] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.