Famous Proverbs

1] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

2] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

3] Shrouds have no pockets

4] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

5] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

6] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

7] Cheats never prosper

8] The thread breaks where it is weakest

9] Look before you leap

10] Tigers and deer do not over.

11] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

12] There is no redemption from hell

13] Share and share alike

14] Great actions speak minds

15] A good example is the best sermon

16] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

17] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

18] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

19] Real friendship does not freeze in winter

20] There is death in the pot.

21] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

22] Everything must have a beginning

23] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

24] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

25] No honest man ever repented his honesty

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

27] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

28] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

29] Home is where the heart is

30] Every commodity has its discommodity

31] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

32] The day obliterates the promise of the might

33] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

34] None can guess the jewel by the casket

35] Work expands so as to fill the time available

36] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

37] The pot calls the kettle black

38] A gift much expected is paid, not given

39] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

40] He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions

41] There is nothing permanent except change

42] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

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

44] It is too late to call back yesterday

45] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

46] He loses his thanks who promises and delays

47] Marriage makes or mars a man

48] A good drink makes the old young

49] A fault confessed is half redressed

50] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

51] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

52] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

53] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

54] A good name is sooner lost than won

55] A bully is always a coward

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

57] The best fish swim near the bottom

58] What may be done at any time is done at no time

59] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

60] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

61] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

62] God provides for him that trusts

63] Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings

64] Nature is conquered by obeying her

65] Love turns pimples

66] The goat must browse where she is tied

67] Things are seldom what they seem.

68] Lookers-on see more than players

69] Half a loaf is better than do bread

70] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

71] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

72] If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

73] They brag most who can do least

74] Hear twice before you speak once

75] Laugh and grow fat

76] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

77] Don’t ride the high horse

78] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

79] Love can find a way

80] Desert and reward seldom keep company

81] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

82] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

83] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

84] Half an egg is better than empty shell

85] Honesty is ill to thrive by

86] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

87] The course of true love never did run smooth

88] The slowest barker is the surest biter

89] Good counsel never comes amiss

90] The sign brings customers

91] Big fish eat little fish

92] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

93] A good lawyer must be a great liar

94] Truth has a good face but bad clothes

95] In everything consider the end

96] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

97] Hungry bellies have no ears

98] Wise men do not argue with idiots

99] It is good to follow the old fox

100] Easier said than done