Famous Proverbs

1] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

2] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

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

4] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

5] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

6] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

7] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

8] Lucky men need no counsel

9] It is ill jesting with edged tools

10] Dog does not eat dog

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

12] He stands not surely that never slips

13] If you pile up enough sand, you can make a pagoda

14] Little by little and bit by bit.

15] Knowledge is power

16] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

17] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

18] Know thyself

19] When in doubt, do nothing

20] Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

21] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

22] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

23] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

24] Do as you would be done by

25] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

26] Early sow, early mow

27] Silence and thinking can no man offend

28] Do as the friar says, not as he does

29] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

30] There is no accounting for tastes

31] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

32] A rolling stone gathers no moss

33] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

34] Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade

35] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

36] Gold is tried in the fire

37] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

38] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

39] If today will not, tomorrow may

40] It is good fishing in troubled waters

41] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

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

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

44] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

45] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

46] Better eye sore than al blind

47] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

48] No day so clear but has dark clouds

49] Don’t kick against the pricks

50] A word is enough to the wise

51] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

52] A prophet is without honour in his own country

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

54] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

55] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

56] Wedlock is padlock

57] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

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

59] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

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

61] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

62] Wine is the best broom for trouble

63] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

64] Soft fire makes sweet malt

65] The first blow is half the battle

66] He that is absent is soon forgotten

67] Men are blind in their own cause

68] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

69] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

70] The fairest flowers soonest fade

71] There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

72] Well done is better than well said

73] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

74] Where there are reeds, there is water

75] The lion had need of the mouse

76] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

77] Four eyes see more than two

78] A single filament of silk does not make a thread; a single tree does not make a forest

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

80] No good building without a good foundation.

81] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

82] He that is down need fear no fall

83] Love knows hidden paths

84] Soon gotten, soon spent

85] Love is sweet torment

86] So many men, so many opinions

87] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

88] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

89] A wise man hears one word and understands two

90] When one door shuts, another opens

91] He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens

92] If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night

93] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

94] To teach is to learn twice over

95] Let not your tongue run at rover

96] Man proposes, God disposes

97] The word is far him who has patience

98] Water is the king of food

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

100] Long life has long misery