Famous Proverbs

1] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

2] Hasty work, double work,

3] A fault once denied is twice committed

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

5] Better belly burst than good meat lost

6] Don’t cry stinking fish

7] He stands not surely that never slips

8] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

9] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

10] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

11] Much science, much sorrow

12] Good fences make good neighbours

13] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

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

15] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

16] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

17] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

18] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

19] Revenge is sweet

20] A crowd is not company

21] Things are seldom what they seem.

22] Debt is an evil conscience

23] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

24] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

25] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

26] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

27] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

28] The rich knows not who is his friend

29] Borrowed garments never fit well

30] Saying is one thing, and doing another

31] Faint heart never won fair lady

32] Out of debt, out of danger

33] The dog is a lion in his own house

34] He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung

35] If you would be well served, serve yourself

36] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

37] Respect is greater from a distance

38] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

39] Courtesy on one side never lasts long

40] There is safety in numbers

41] Weeds need no sowing

42] He who demands does not command

43] Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

44] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

45] Dirty linen should be washed at home

46] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

47] Beauty opens locked doors

48] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

49] The voice is the best music

50] There are two sides to every question

51] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

52] All are not saints that go to church

53] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

54] Exchange is no robbery

55] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

56] Better eye sore than al blind

57] In the land of hope there is never any winter

58] A fool and his money are soon parted

59] He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress

60] Patient men with the day.

61] The tailor makes the man

62] Acorns were good till bread was found

63] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

64] Parents are patterns

65] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

66] Grin and bear it

67] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

68] He laughs best who laughs last

69] Scatter with one hand, gather with two

70] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

71] Take things as you find them

72] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

73] Waste is not grandeur

74] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

75] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.

76] The tongue talks at the heads cost

77] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

78] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

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

80] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

81] Love is lawless.

82] One is never too old to learn

83] Law makers should not be law breakers

84] After the extreme of cold comes spring

85] Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher

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

87] He who excuses himself accuses himself

88] Fools rush in where angles fear to tread

89] He that is absent is soon forgotten

90] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

91] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

92] There is many a true word spoken in jest

93] Every bean has its black

94] Might knows no right

95] The best is often the enemy of the good

96] Much learning makes men mad

97] Ill luck is good for something

98] The best things are hard to come by.

99] Work expands so as to fill the time available

100] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.