Famous Proverbs

1] All meat pleases not all mouths

2] Fortune favours those who use their judgement

3] A good name is better than a golden girdle

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

5] Eat to live and not live to eat.

6] Tempt not a desperate man

7] A straight stick is crooked in water

8] Patience is a virtue

9] Ill news comes apace.

10] No man is content with his lot

11] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

12] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

13] A house divided against itself cannot stand

14] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

15] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

16] Where there’s a will there’s a way

17] Everything would fain live

18] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

19] There is no tree but bears some fruit

20] The greatest step is that out of doors

21] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

22] Valour would fight, but discretion would run away

23] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

24] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

25] Necessity is a powerful weapon

26] Gossiping and lying go together

27] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

28] Discontent is the first step in progress

29] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

30] Children speak only words they have heard.

31] An angry man is not fit to pray

32] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

33] Hope often deludes the foolish man

34] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

35] A heavy purse makes a light heart

36] What is new cannot be true

37] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

38] A good beginning makes a good ending.

39] One is never too old to learn

40] Good words are worth much and cost little

41] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

42] The exception proves the rule

43] Great gain makes easy work

44] What’s in a name?

45] Where there is no trust there is no love

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

47] He who does not kill hogs, ill not get black puddings

48] Think of ease, but work on.

49] Better late than never

50] He who begins many things, finishes but few

51] There are more men threatened than stricken

52] It is not the hood that makes the monk.

53] Variety is the spice of life

54] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

55] He who rouses a sleeping tiger exposes himself to danger

56] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

57] There is many a true word spoken in jest

58] Great oaks from little acorns grow

59] Much meat, much malady

60] A good husband makes a good wife

61] He that hath a full purse never wanted (or lacked) a friend

62] A word is enough to the wise

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

64] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

65] Stolen sweets are sweeter

66] Step by step the ladder is ascended

67] Patience is a virtue

68] Least said, soonest mended

69] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

70] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

71] Wishes can never fill a sack

72] New meat begets a new appetite

73] Forewarned is forearmed

74] A great city, a great solitude

75] Of evil manners, spring good laws

76] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

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

78] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

79] Children learn to creep ere they can go

80] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

81] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

82] Death alone can kill hope

83] Nothing seek, nothing find

84] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

85] Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

86] The cowl does not make the monk.

87] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

88] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

89] Second thoughts are best

90] A rolling stone gathers no moss

91] It is more blessed to give than to receive

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

93] Bad luck often brings good luck

94] Every little helps

95] An ill payer (or paymaster) never wants an excuse

96] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

97] Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

98] By falling we learn to go safely

99] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

100] Just give me one end of the line and I’ll get to the other