Famous Proverbs

1] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

2] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

3] Little things are great to little men

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

5] It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

6] He travels the fastest who travels alone

7] Her that is down need fear no fall

8] The labourer is worthy of his hire

9] Enough is enough

10] Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

11] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

12] The beaten road is the safest

13] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

14] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

15] He preaches well (or best) that lives well (or best).

16] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

17] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

18] Weeds need no sowing

19] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

20] Give yourself a pinch, and you will know how a pinch must hurt others

21] Much science, much sorrow

22] Youth and age will never agree

23] The Pen is mightier than the sword

24] Many a little makes a mickle

25] Other times, other manners

26] There are more men threatened than stricken

27] Good is good but better carries it

28] All our pomp the earth covers

29] There is nothing that costs less than civility

30] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

31] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

32] You are never too old to learn

33] The garment worn determines how one is served

34] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

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

36] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

37] Variety takes away satiety

38] Hope keeps man alive

39] No land without stones, or meat without bones

40] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

41] Blood is thicker than water

42] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

43] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

44] A jest breaks no bones

45] No man is infallible

46] A wise man will learn something even from the words of a fool

47] Penny wise, pound foolish

48] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

49] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

50] One of these days is none of these days

51] What is deferred is not abandoned

52] No pains, no gains

53] Company in misery makes it light

54] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

55] Each day brings its own bread

56] Every oak has been an acorn

57] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

58] He mediates revenge who least complains.

59] Silence and thinking can no man offend

60] Every medal has two sides

61] Small is the seed of every greatness

62] Have but few friends, though many acquaintances

63] The ass that brays most eats

64] A good wife makes a good husband

65] The fairest flowers soonest fade

66] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

67] Never do evil that good may come of it

68] A man can die but once

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

70] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

71] There’s a time and place for everything

72] How forceful are right words

73] Waste is not grandeur

74] A little help is worth a deal of pity

75] Sow thin and mow thin

76] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

77] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

78] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

79] Nature does nothing in vain

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

81] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

82] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

83] Hunger is sharper than the sword

84] The devil is not as black as he is painted

85] Diligence is the mother of good fortune

86] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

87] Adversity makes strange bedfellows

88] Many would be cowards, if they had courage enough

89] Good fame is better than a good face

90] A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther of the two

91] He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss

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

93] He gives twice who gives quickly

94] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

95] Custom reconciles us to everything

96] He who last, laughs longest.

97] A hungry man is angry man

98] A still tongue makes a wise head

99] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

100] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces