Famous Proverbs

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

2] A long tongue is a sign of a short hand

3] There are more ways to the wood than one.

4] Don’t empty (or throw) the baby out with the bath water

5] Alms never make poor

6] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

7] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

8] Better an open enemy than a false friend

9] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

10] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

11] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

12] The pitcher goes so often to me well that it is broken at last

13] First impressions are most lasting

14] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

15] Curiosity killed the cat.

16] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

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

18] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

19] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

20] Haste makes waste

21] Wife and Children are bills of charges

22] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

23] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

24] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

25] The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

26] Discretion is the better part of valour

27] Creditors have better memories than debtors

28] Christmas comes but once a year

29] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

30] Soon hot, soon cold

31] The dog that fetches, will carry.

32] He who works before dawn will soon his own master

33] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

34] Without luck, it is better not to be born

35] Let bygones be bygones

36] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

37] The hole calls the thief

38] Pleasing ware is half sold

39] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

40] He that travels far knows much

41] He knows which side his bread is buttered

42] An Englishman’s home is his castle

43] A forced kindness deserves no thanks

44] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

45] No land without stones, or meat without bones

46] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

47] Revenge is sweet

48] Innocence is no protection

49] Shrouds have no pockets

50] There is truth in wine

51] The best of men are but men at best.

52] What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals

53] Money talks

54] Variety is the spice of life

55] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

56] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

57] Delays are not denials

58] Long looked for, comes at last

59] God’s help is better than the early rising

60] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

61] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

62] Even Homer sometimes nods

63] Life is short and time is swift

64] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

65] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

66] Choose thy company before thy drink

67] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

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

69] An army marches on its stomach

70] A hedge between keeps friendship green

71] The game is not worth the candle

72] Mere wishes are silly fishes

73] Sorrow will pay no debt

74] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

75] Beauty is only skin deep

76] Don’t ride the high horse

77] Names and natures do often agree

78] He who rides on a tiger can never dismount

79] Hear twice before you speak once

80] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

81] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

82] Nature is the true law

83] There is no rose without a thorn

84] Mirth is the sugar of life

85] Soft fire makes sweet malt

86] Time flees without a delay

87] None but the brave deserves the fair

88] In everything consider the end

89] There is death in the pot.

90] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

91] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

92] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

93] A man of gladness seldom falls into madness

94] True doctrines require no miracles

95] Many eyes upon the king

96] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

97] Mirth is the sugar of life

98] Debt is an evil conscience

99] Too much hope deceives

100] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best