Famous Proverbs

1] He that falls today may rise tomorrow
2] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts
3] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us
4] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate
5] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
6] Love is blind
7] After the extreme of cold comes spring
8] Repentance comes too late
9] Circumstances alter cases
10] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge
11] Wrong has no warrant
12] Afflictions are sent to us by God for our good
13] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill
14] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends
15] The borrower is servant to the lender
16] Not even Hercules could contend against two
17] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God
18] Mirth without measure is madness
19] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent
20] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept
21] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars
22] No one is rich enough to do without his neighbours
23] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop
24] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw
25] Six feet of earth make all men equal
26] Jack is as good as his master
27] Sometimes the best gain is to lose
28] If you have bread, don’t look for cake
29] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death
30] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good
31] How forceful are right words
32] He travels the fastest who travels alone
33] Misfortune makes foes of friends
34] God gives the grain, but we must make the furrow
35] Pride dines on vanity, sups on contempt
36] A good husband makes a good wife
37] No man is indispensable
38] The early bird catches the worm
39] In the land of hope there is never any winter
40] A good Jack makes a good Jill.
41] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one
42] He that seeks trouble never misses
43] Children and chickens must be always picking
44] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
45] No hair so small but has his shadow
46] Adventures are to be adventurous
47] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears
48] Ill news comes apace.
49] A word before is worth two behind
50] Big fish eat little fish
51] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side
52] Nothing costs so much as what is given us
53] Stolen goods never thrive
54] Many a true word is spoken in jest
55] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved
56] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do
57] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone
58] The tongue talks at the heads cost
59] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned
60] Sooner begun, sooner done
61] A wise man hears one word and understands two
62] Revenge never repairs an injury
63] The best of friends must part
64] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it
65] God never sends mouths but he sent meat
66] Long absent, soon forgotten
67] Eaten bread is soon forgotten
68] Hard words break no bones
69] If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die
70] Four eyes see more than two
71] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine
72] Everything new is fine
73] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law
74] Tell the truth and shame the devil
75] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease
76] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better
77] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature
78] He that travels far knows much
79] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money
80] Laws were made to be broke
81] Youth will have its course.
82] Kill two birds with one stone
83] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers
84] The purse of the patient protracts the disease
85] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing
86] Crime does not pay
87] Like father, like son
88] History repeats itself
89] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream
90] The little cannot be great unless he devours many
91] Real friendship does not freeze in winter
92] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer
93] Many irons in the fire, some must cool
94] A man without a wife is but half a man
95] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised
96] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.
97] A good horse cannot wear two saddles
98] Money talks
99] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?
100] Trust is the mother of deceit