Famous Proverbs

1] He that repairs not a part, builds all

2] Lucky men need no counsel

3] He that will thrive must rise at five

4] New meat begets a new appetite

5] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

6] Blood is thicker than water

7] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

8] Better are small fish than an empty dish

9] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

10] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

11] Ill luck is good for something

12] A man without a wife is but half a man

13] Manners and money make a gentleman

14] A good garden may have some ill weeds

15] You can’t win them all

16] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

17] All heiresses are beautiful.

18] Nature does nothing in vain

19] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

20] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

21] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

22] Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard

23] The child is father of the man

24] Better learn late than never

25] Each day brings its own bread

26] Health without money is half an ague

27] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

28] Valour delights in the test

29] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

30] All cats are grey in the dark

31] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

32] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

33] Too many cooks spoil the broth

34] The tongue is more venomous than a serpent’s sting

35] Of one ill come many

36] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

37] Words cut more than swords

38] All glory comes from daring to begin

39] Adversity makes strange bedfellows

40] Two heads are better than one

41] More than enough is too much

42] Pride goes before a fall

43] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

44] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

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

46] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

47] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

48] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

49] Good broth may be made in an old pot

50] Liars should have good memories

51] Wash your dirty linen at home

52] Where grooms and householders are all alike great, very disastrous will it be for the houses and all that dwell in them

53] A creaking gate (or door) hangs long

54] They are rich who have true friends

55] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

56] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

57] Pleasant hours fly past

58] The thing which is rare is dear

59] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

60] The longest journey starts with a single step

61] A man turned pig no longer fears filth

62] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

63] Ill comes often on the back worse

64] Honest is the best policy

65] An old dog barks not in vain

66] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

67] Forgive and forget

68] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

69] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

70] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

71] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

72] Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom

73] An ill tongue may do much

74] See how the wind blows

75] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

76] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

77] Procrastination is the thief of time

78] Few words are best

79] A good paymaster needs no surety

80] Praise no man till he is dead.

81] The exception proves the rule

82] New meat begets a new appetite

83] Love turns pimples

84] Far fowls have fair feather

85] A penny saved is a penny gained

86] Every medal has two sides

87] Look before you leap

88] The course of true love never did run smooth

89] Think of ease, but work on.

90] He who comes late must eat what is left

91] Children should be seen and not heard

92] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

93] A house divided against itself cannot stand

94] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

95] Circumstances alter cases

96] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

97] Look before you leap

98] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

99] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

100] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar