Famous Proverbs

1] Gold will not buy everything

2] Love turns pimples

3] Nothing is given so freely as advice

4] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

5] Tomorrow is another day

6] You cannot have it both ways

7] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

8] Children speak only words they have heard.

9] Waste not, want not

10] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

11] He that speaks not, God hears not

12] Love is blind

13] Dead men don’t bite

14] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

15] A wise man is never less alone than when alone

16] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

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

18] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

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

20] Liars should have good memories

21] A bad excuse is better than none at all

22] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

23] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

24] The course of true love never did run smooth

25] A bad shearer never had a good sickle

26] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

27] The best things in life are free

28] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

29] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

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

31] It is a great victory that comes without blood

32] A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

33] He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache

34] It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

35] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

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

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

38] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

39] A good paymaster never wants workmen

40] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

41] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

42] He who begins many things, finishes but few

43] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

44] All that glitters is not gold

45] Fear of death is worse than death itself

46] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

47] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

48] The greatest step is that out of doors

49] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

50] There is honour among thieves

51] The mob tramples on the coward

52] There is nothing new under the sun

53] The noblest vengeance is to forgive

54] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

55] A wise man hears one word and understands two

56] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

57] Danger makes men devout

58] Speech is silver, silence is golden

59] Life is short and time is swift

60] A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth

61] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

62] Care brings grey hair.

63] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

64] God is a sure paymaster

65] Love delights in praise

66] Better learn late than never

67] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

68] Don’t hallo (or shout, or whistle) until you are out of the wood

69] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

70] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

71] Give a servant a rod, and he’ll beat his master

72] If you would be well served, serve yourself

73] Time lost cannot be recalled

74] Too many cooks spoil the broth

75] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

76] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

77] Who errs and mends, to god himself commends

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

79] A curse will not strike out an eye unless a fist goes with it

80] Keep something for a rainy day

81] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

82] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

83] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

84] Bare walls make giddy housewives

85] Familiarity breeds contempt

86] The effect speaks, the tongue need not

87] Better the last smile than the first laugh

88] III luck is good for something

89] It takes a wise man to be a fool

90] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

91] Where every man is master, the world goes to wrack

92] Every medal has two sides

93] Innocence is no protection

94] By doing nothing, we learn to do ill

95] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

96] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

97] You can’t tell a book by its cover

98] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

99] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

100] Better be alone than in bad company