Famous Proverbs

1] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

2] A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice

3] A good lather is half the shave

4] The borrower is servant to the lender

5] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

6] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

7] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

8] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

9] First impressions are most lasting

10] That which is easily done is soon believed

11] He who considers too much will perform little.

12] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

13] Let not thy tongue run away with thy brains

14] Ale will make a cat speak

15] Through hardship to the stars

16] The first step is the only difficulty

17] He who touches pitch will be defiled

18] Give and take is fair play

19] Like father, like son

20] United we stand, divided we fall

21] Might knows no right

22] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

23] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

24] Silence never makes mistakes

25] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

26] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

27] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

28] Little pitchers have big ears.

29] Good wine needs no bush

30] Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear

31] Men are known by the company they keep.

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

33] Double charge will rive a cannon

34] Claw me, and I’ll claw thee

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

36] God never sends mouths but he sent meat

37] When the cat is away, the mice will play

38] The poor sit on the front benches in Paradise

39] Few words are best

40] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

41] All things that great men do are well done

42] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

43] The rich knows not who is his friend

44] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

45] Fire is a good servant a bad master

46] A rolling stone gathers no moss

47] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

48] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head

49] Bread is the staff of life.

50] Each day brings its own bread

51] Jack is as good as his master

52] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

53] You are never too old to learn

54] A gift much expected is paid, not given

55] Fair is not fair, but that which pleases.

56] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

57] If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

58] Great trees keep down the little ones

59] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

60] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

61] The money you refuse will never do you good

62] Everything in moderation.

63] Better die a beggar than live a beggar

64] There is safety in numbers

65] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

66] Plain dealing is a jewel

67] A man without a wife is but half a man

68] Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh

69] He wants both the flour and the cake that it makes

70] They that dance must pay the fiddler

71] Marriage is a lottery

72] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

73] Four eyes see more than two

74] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

75] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

76] He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens

77] Money is power

78] Sorrow will pay no debt

79] He that knows little often repeats it

80] Experience is the best teacher

81] He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

82] Youth will have its course.

83] A burnt child dreads the fire

84] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

85] A good drink makes the old young

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

87] He that peeps in at his neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes

88] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

89] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

90] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

91] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

92] Quickly come, quickly go

93] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

94] One sword keeps another in the sheath

95] Care is no cure

96] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory

97] The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window

98] A gift in hand is better than two promises.

99] Put not the bucket too often in the well

100] A still tongue makes a wise head