Famous Proverbs

1] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

2] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

3] Desert and reward seldom keep company

4] Fingers were made before forks

5] They that dance must pay the fiddler

6] Ill news comes apace.

7] Life begins only in success

8] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

9] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

10] Once a use and ever a custom

11] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

12] That which is easily done is soon believed

13] When you do not know what to do – wait.

14] The cobbler should stick to his last

15] Better late than never, but better never late

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

17] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

18] Forethought is easy, repentance hard

19] Ambition loses many a man

20] If anything can go wrong, it will

21] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

22] Crust is better than no bread

23] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

24] Extremes are dangerous

25] There’s a time and place for everything

26] Plain dealing is a jewel

27] Four eyes see better than two.

28] Armies are maintained for years to be used on a single day.

29] A man with no hands is given a ring.

30] A man’s mother is his other God

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

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

33] Calamity is man’s true touchstone

34] Rich folk have many friends

35] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

36] The best things are hard to come by.

37] Hitch your wagon to a star

38] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

39] Bad excuses are worse than none.

40] Alms never make poor

41] A blister will rise upon one’s tongue that tells a lie

42] Easier said than done

43] The mob tramples on the coward

44] He that repairs not a part, builds all

45] Liars should have good memories

46] The receiver is as bad as the thief

47] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

48] Hasty climbers have sudden falls

49] Blood is thicker than water

50] He who pays the piper calls the tune

51] Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind

52] There are two sides to every question

53] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

54] All lay loads on a willing horse

55] Money talks

56] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

57] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

58] Harp not for ever on the same string

59] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

60] It is equally an error to trust all men or no man

61] Patient waiters are no losers

62] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

63] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

64] He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

65] Handsome is as handsome does

66] Love conquers all

67] Zeal without prudence is frenzy

68] There is a black sheep in every flock

69] He who owes is in all the wrong

70] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

71] Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.

72] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

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

74] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

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

76] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

77] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

78] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

79] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

80] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

81] God comes with leaden feet, but strikes with iron hands

82] No man limps because another is hurt

83] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

84] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

85] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

86] Do unto others as they should do unto you

87] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

88] Zeal without prudence is frenzy

89] It takes a wise man to be a fool

90] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

91] You cannot make a crab walk straight

92] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

93] Every deed is to be judges by the doer’s intention.

94] Love turns pimples

95] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

96] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

97] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

98] Tell the truth and shame the devil

99] Take things as they come

100] The more you get, the more you want