Famous Proverbs

1] He that obey cannot command

2] Better sit still than rise and fall

3] The greatest step is that out of doors

4] Never say die

5] A soft answer turns away wrath

6] Better an apple given than eaten

7] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

8] A little impatience will spoil great plans

9] Too much money makes one mad

10] No one ought to judge in his own cause

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

12] All griefs with bread are less

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

14] The hand that gives, gathers

15] A healthy man is a successful man

16] Bold men have generous hearts

17] Don’t tell tales out of school

18] In the end, things will mend

19] Delay is the antidote of anger

20] Of evil manners, spring good laws

21] Patient waiters are no losers

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

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

24] A man’s studies pass in to his character

25] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

26] Excessive happiness produces pain

27] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

28] Like will to like

29] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

30] Nature does nothing in vain

31] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

32] Everything new is fine

33] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

34] The righteous man sins before an open chest

35] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

36] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

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

38] Laws were made to be broke

39] In haste is error

40] No road is long with good company

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

42] A good word stills great anger

43] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

44] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

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

46] Love knows no limit

47] Money isn’t everything

48] A banana tree won’t bear fruit twice.

49] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

50] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

51] III counsel mars all

52] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

53] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

54] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

55] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

56] Ill gotten, ill spent

57] The word is far him who has patience

58] What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away

59] Ready money is ready medicine

60] Poor folk fare the best

61] First catch your hare

62] Love conquers all

63] See which way the cat jumps

64] He that lives ill, fear follows him

65] Every commodity has its discommodity

66] The tailor makes the man

67] God helps those who help themselves

68] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

69] When bees area old, they yield n honey

70] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

71] Sow thin and mow thin

72] Experience is the best teacher

73] When the fox preaches, then beware your geese

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

75] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

76] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

77] Fine feathers make fine birds.

78] The great would have none great, and the little all little

79] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

80] Bad news travels fast

81] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

82] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

83] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

84] Common fame is seldom to blame

85] A man of courage never wants weapons

86] The day obliterates the promise of the might

87] They are rich who have true friends

88] That which is easily done is soon believed

89] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

90] When in doubt, do nothing

91] Make hay while the sun shines

92] Silence is golden

93] All things are easy, that are done willingly

94] In wine there is truth

95] Never too late to repent

96] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

97] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

98] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

99] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

100] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper