Famous Proverbs

1] Little things are great to little men

2] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

3] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

4] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

5] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

6] Give credit where credit is due

7] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

8] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

9] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

10] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

11] What is a workman without his tools?

12] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

13] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

14] The thread breaks where it is weakest

15] Still waters run deep

16] The best things come in small packages

17] Idle folks lack no excuses

18] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

19] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

20] Beauty is only skin deep

21] Soon gotten, soon spent

22] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

23] He is wise who looks ahead

24] An evil life is a kind of death.

25] He who leaps high must take a long run

26] Coming events cast their shadows before

27] Fair face, foul heart

28] Every man must carry his own cross

29] Pitchers have ears

30] Jack is as good as his master

31] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

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

33] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

34] A cat may look at a king

35] Good clothes open all doors

36] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

37] The early man ever borrows from the late man

38] The higher the mountain, the greater the descent

39] Blood is thicker than water

40] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

41] Other times, other manners

42] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

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

44] Bold men have generous hearts

45] Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it

46] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

47] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

48] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

49] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

50] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

51] All’s fair in love and war

52] Habit is second nature

53] A rich miser is poorer than a poor man

54] Money has no smell

55] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

56] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

57] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

58] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

59] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

60] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

61] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

62] No feast lasts forever.

63] Wise men silent, fools talk

64] Home is home though it be never so homely

65] Truth has a good face but bad clothes

66] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

67] Flesh is frail

68] Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

69] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

70] One today is worth two tomorrows

71] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

72] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

73] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

74] Every dog is a lion at home

75] Fire is a good servant a bad master

76] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

77] Often and little eating makes a man fat

78] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

79] Don’t take your harp to the party

80] It is easy to be wise after the event

81] Trusting often makes fidelity

82] The darkest place is under the candlestick

83] A bully is always a coward

84] Where there is peace, God is

85] Eat to live and not live to eat.

86] A little body often harbours a great soul

87] There is nothing new under the sun

88] A loveless life is a living death

89] A merchant that gains not, loses

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

91] Mercy surpasses justice

92] Waste makes wants

93] Poverty is the mother of crime

94] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

95] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

96] Money can influence even the spirits

97] Forgive and forget

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

99] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

100] The cowl does not make the monk.