Famous Proverbs

1] Error cannot be defended but by error

2] Fools rejoice at promises

3] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

4] Art improves Nature

5] Better an apple given than eaten

6] Birds once snared fear all bushes

7] Every dog has his day

8] The tongue stings

9] You cannot make a crab walk straight

10] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

11] To err is human

12] The eye sees only what it has the power of seeing

13] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

14] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

15] Of a new prince, new bondage

16] Discretion is the better part of valour

17] One fool praises another

18] Appetite comes with eating

19] East or west, home is best

20] The unexpected always happens.

21] A bribe will enter without knocking

22] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

23] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

24] So many countries, so many customs

25] The devil looks after his own

26] Honesty is ill to thrive by

27] A heavy purse makes a light heart

28] Bare walls make giddy housewives

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

30] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

31] Ask no question and you’ll be told no lies

32] In everything consider the end

33] Kindness to the good is better investment than kindness to the rich.

34] Pleasure is due only when all duty’s done.

35] Poverty obstructs the road to virtue

36] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

37] Covetousness is the root of all evil

38] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

39] Appearances are deceptive

40] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

41] Self-praise is no recommendation

42] No like is the same.

43] Every flow must have its ebb

44] Flesh is frail

45] Thrift is a great revenue

46] Charity excuseth not cheating.

47] The best wine comes from an old vessel

48] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

49] When you do not know what to do – wait.

50] A healthy man is a successful man

51] The sign brings customers

52] No tie can oblige the perfidious

53] Lookers-on see more than players

54] A useful trade is a mine of gold

55] It is well to live that one may learn

56] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

57] Penny wise, pound foolish

58] Once a use and ever a custom

59] It is all in the day’s work

60] Nothing is given so freely as advice

61] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

62] Moderation in all things

63] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

64] All things are possible with god

65] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

66] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

67] Cheats never prosper

68] Let bygones be bygones

69] Business is business

70] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

71] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

72] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

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

74] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

75] When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray

76] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

77] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

78] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

79] Almost’ never killed a fly.

80] The first step is the only difficulty

81] Divide and rule

82] Second thoughts are best

83] Better be born lucky than wise.

84] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

85] Not good is it to harp on the frayed string

86] Good words are worth much and cost little

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

88] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

89] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

90] Men are not angles

91] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice

92] Hear twice before you speak once

93] Care is no cure

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

95] Fear the Greeks (or Beware of Greeks) bearing gifts

96] A fault confessed is half redressed

97] Little pitchers have big ears.

98] There’s a time and place for everything

99] Young saint, old devil.

100] Crime does not pay