Famous Proverbs

1] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean

2] Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

3] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

4] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

5] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

6] Tie a chicken with an elephant rope, and it will slip off; tie an elephant with a chicken-tether, and it will break away.

7] Often and little eating makes a man fat

8] Nature hates all sudden changes

9] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

10] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

11] Diligence is the mother of good luck

12] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

13] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

14] That which Nature paints never fades

15] Trust is the mother of deceit

16] Praise is always pleasant

17] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

18] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

19] A man may learn wit every day.

20] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

21] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours

22] Tigers and deer do not over.

23] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

24] Almost’ never killed a fly.

25] Discretion is the better part of valour

26] Even water has its ebb and flow

27] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

28] The word is far him who has patience

29] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

30] No one ought to judge in his own cause

31] An open door may tempt a saint

32] Appetite comes with eating

33] For a web begun, God sends the thread

34] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

35] The anvil lasts longer than the hammer

36] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

37] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

38] Never too late to learn

39] Confess and be hanged

40] When the melon is ripe, it will drop by itself

41] Better bend than break

42] Every little helps

43] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

44] Nearest the heart comes out first

45] When bees area old, they yield n honey

46] Plain dealing is a jewel

47] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

48] Death and life are in the power of the tongue

49] Everything must have a beginning

50] Grief pent up will break the heart

51] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

52] Quietness is a great treasure

53] He that praises himself, spatters himself

54] All covet all lose.

55] Success makes a fool seem wise.

56] Health and wealth create beauty

57] If you have known one, you have known them all

58] Whatever man has done, man can do

59] The biter is sometimes bit

60] The young will sow their wild oats

61] There is truth in wine

62] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

63] Honesty is the best policy

64] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

65] Bad luck often brings good luck

66] In doing we learn.

67] Where there is no trust there is no love

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

69] He that has a good memory, gives few alms

70] Let sleeping dogs lie

71] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

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

73] Light grows the burden which is well borne

74] He laughs best who laughs last

75] Might is right

76] A crowd is not company

77] Every Jack must have his Jill

78] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

79] The voice is the best music

80] He who begins many things, finishes but few

81] One potter envies another

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

83] His bark is worse than his bite

84] Cowards die many times before their deaths

85] Penny and penny laid up will be many

86] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

87] It will be the same a hundred years hence

88] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

89] Kindness lies in one side of the house

90] The bait hides the hook

91] Great talkers are never great doers

92] Example is better than precept

93] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

94] The fairest flowers soonest fade

95] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

96] There is no place like home

97] Quietness is a great treasure

98] He that does most at once, does least

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

100] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.