Famous Proverbs

1] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

2] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

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

4] The end makes all equal

5] Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea

6] No like is the same.

7] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

8] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

9] Every bean has its black

10] A good name is sooner lost than won

11] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

12] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

13] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

14] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

15] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

16] Ill gotten, ill spent

17] He that blows best, bears away the horn

18] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

19] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

20] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

21] Slow help is no help

22] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

23] Forgive and forget

24] Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man by overturned

25] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

26] Fool’s haste is no speed

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

28] Leave well alone

29] A thief knows a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

30] Kill two birds with one stone

31] Little pitchers have big ears.

32] The early man ever borrows from the late man

33] No misfortune will go on forever

34] Where there’s muck, there’s money

35] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

36] Love is blind

37] Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

38] One fool praises another

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

40] Envy shoots at others and wounds herself

41] Every man to his trade.

42] First impressions are half the battle

43] The first blow is half the battle

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

45] Might is right

46] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

47] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

48] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

49] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

50] Honest is the best policy

51] Too many cooks spoil the broth

52] One today is worth two tomorrows

53] A good servant must have good wages

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

55] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

56] A jest breaks no bones

57] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

58] Few words are best

59] Good hand, good hire

60] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

61] As is the mould, so will the cake be.

62] What will not money do?

63] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

64] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

65] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

66] He that pities another remembers himself

67] A constant guest is never welcome

68] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

69] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

70] Words and feathers the wind carries away

71] Look on the bright side

72] Lend your money and lose a friend

73] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

74] Fair play’s a jewel

75] The labour we delight in physics pain

76] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

77] Of a new prince, new bondage

78] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

79] Better be born lucky than wise.

80] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

81] He who teaches learns

82] Asking costs little

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

84] Take things as they come

85] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

86] The devil dances in an empty pocket

87] God provides for him that trusts

88] Words cut more than swords

89] What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

90] Every one thinks his own sack heaviest

91] Death alone can kill hope

92] A trouble shared is a trouble halved.

93] A miss is as good as a mile

94] Kindness lies in one side of the house

95] Much learning makes men mad

96] Big words seldom go with good deeds

97] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

98] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

99] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

100] Train the child in the way he should go.