Famous Proverbs

1] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

2] Light burden I heavy if far borne

3] Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

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

5] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

6] You can’t tell a book by its cover

7] Every law has a loophole

8] Good fame is better than a good face

9] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

10] New meat begets a new appetite

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

12] He may find fault that cannot mend

13] Debt is an evil conscience

14] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

15] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

16] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

17] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

18] Good wine needs no bush

19] Well begun is half done.

20] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

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

22] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

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

24] He that lives ill, fear follows him

25] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

26] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

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

28] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

29] Lovers are madmen

30] Every cloud has a silver lining

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

32] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

33] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

34] Cast not the first stone.

35] A hungry man is angry man

36] A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

37] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

38] A good garden may have some ill weeds

39] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty

40] The good is often the enemy of the best

41] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

42] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

43] Full of courtesy, full of craft

44] Affection blinds reason

45] What we have seen with out own eyes is very much but what we have not seen is infinite.

46] Think not on what you lack as much as what you have

47] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

48] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

49] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

50] When bees area old, they yield n honey

51] No honest man ever repented his honesty

52] The first blow is half the battle

53] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

54] Goodness is better than beauty

55] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

56] Youth will have its course.

57] Love is lawless.

58] He who hesitates is lost

59] Tomorrow is another day

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

61] Repentance is a bitter physic

62] Diligence is the mother of good luck

63] More have repented speech than silence

64] Ambition loses many a man

65] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

66] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

67] Silence is also speech

68] Never spur a willing horse

69] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

70] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

71] Even Buddha has a limit to what he can tolerate

72] Silence is golden

73] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

74] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

75] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

76] Out of debt, out of danger

77] More than enough is too much

78] A fool believes everything

79] It is useless to flog a dead horse

80] Far fowls have fair feather

81] Not even Hercules could contend against two

82] Expectation is better than realisation

83] Friendship is a plant which must be often watered

84] Dumb men get no lands

85] A little body often harbours a great soul

86] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

87] Every dog has his (its) day

88] Good to begin well, better to end well.

89] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

90] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

91] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

92] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

93] Every dog is a lion at home

94] The sign brings customers

95] Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him

96] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

97] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

98] Good ware makes quick market

99] The more wicked, the more lucky

100] Ill news comes apace.