Famous Proverbs

1] He that seeks trouble never misses

2] He that has a wife, has strife

3] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

4] Better bend than break

5] Self do, self have

6] Content is more than a kingdom

7] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

8] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

9] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

10] Hitch your wagon to a star

11] Pardon one offence and you encourage many

12] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

13] Necessity knows no law

14] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

15] Little pitchers have big (or long) ears

16] It costs more to do ill than to do well

17] Many a true word is spoken in jest

18] Shame arises more from fear of men than of God

19] Company in misery makes it light

20] Every man is his own worst enemy

21] Patience is a plaster for all sores

22] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

23] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

24] You cannot get ivory from a dog’s mouth

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

26] Many irons in the fire, some must cool

27] Better a lean peace than a fat victory

28] When in doubt, do nothing

29] He that knows little often repeats it

30] There is no royal road to learning

31] A parrot will only say what it is taught

32] If God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need

33] We shall beat our swords into ploughshares

34] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

35] Little things are pretty

36] Appetite comes with eating

37] Gold may be bought too dear

38] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

39] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

40] Gold will not buy everything

41] Don’t meet trouble half-way

42] Nothing is so certain as death

43] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

44] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

45] The longer you look at it, the less you will like it

46] Charity excuseth not cheating.

47] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

48] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

49] Stolen sweets are sweeter

50] Least said, soonest mended

51] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

52] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

53] Put out your tubs when it is raining

54] A great city, a great solitude

55] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

56] Between two stools you fall to the ground

57] A willful man will have his way

58] The end crowns the work.

59] One thief will not rob another

60] A jack of all traders is master of none

61] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

62] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

63] Suffering does not manifest itself

64] A fool and his money are soon parted

65] There’s a time and place for everything

66] Love knows hidden paths

67] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

68] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

69] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

70] What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals

71] The rich man thinks of the future, the poor man thinks of today

72] Never do things by halves

73] The coward threatens only when he is safe

74] The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

75] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

76] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

77] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

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

79] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

80] You can’t win them all

81] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

82] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

83] Petty laws breed great crimes

84] Patience is the remedy of the world

85] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

86] Fire is a good servant a bad master

87] Seldom seen, soon forgotten

88] Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

89] Silence is golden

90] The age of miracles is past

91] A miss is as good as a mile

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

93] Once a knave, always a knave

94] A soft answer turns away wrath

95] Trusting often makes fidelity

96] Wrong has no warrant

97] After a storm comes a calm

98] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

99] He who serves is not free

100] What is worse than ill luck?