Famous Proverbs

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

2] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

3] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

4] God is a sure paymaster

5] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

6] Go while the going is good

7] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

8] Let not your tongue run at rover

9] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

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

11] There are more men threatened than stricken

12] What will not money do?

13] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

14] Sooner begun, sooner done

15] All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws

16] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

17] Bear and forbear

18] Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust

19] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

20] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

21] She’s her father’s (or mother’s) daughter

22] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

23] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale

24] The king can do no wrong

25] Novelty always appears handsome

26] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

27] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

28] Vice makes virtue shine

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

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

31] Better beg than steal.

32] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

33] Be just before you are generous

34] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

35] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

36] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

37] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

38] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

39] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

40] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

41] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

42] Tigers and deer do not over.

43] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

44] Why does one man’s yawning make another yawn?

45] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

46] All things are possible with god

47] Like breeds like

48] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

49] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

50] A jack of all traders is master of none

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

52] A healthy man is a successful man

53] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

54] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

55] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

56] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

57] Time lost cannot be recalled

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

59] The more you get, the more you want

60] Wise men do not argue with idiots

61] Words cut more than swords

62] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

63] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

64] Birds of a feather flock together

65] Many words, many buffets

66] The mob has many heads but no brains

67] Much meat, much malady

68] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

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

70] Plain dealing is a jewel

71] By his deeds we know a man

72] Much learning makes men mad

73] The deed comes back upon the doer.

74] Keep some till further more come

75] In fair weather prepare for foul

76] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

77] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

78] Good fame is better than a good face

79] Diamond cuts diamond

80] Change of pasture makes fat calves

81] Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick

82] Arms bend inwards – not outwards.

83] Grasp all, lose all

84] Appearances are deceptive

85] It is too late to look up after you have collided

86] There is no smoke without fire

87] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

88] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

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

90] All is fair in love and war

91] Every flow must have its ebb

92] So many countries, so many customs

93] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

94] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

95] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

96] A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

97] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

98] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

99] Out of debt, out of danger

100] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching