Famous Proverbs

1] Money is the root of all evil

2] Self-praise is no recommendation

3] Dead men tell no tales

4] He freezes who does not burn

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

6] There is many a true word spoken in jest

7] Liars should have good memories

8] An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet

9] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

10] Why does one man’s yawning make another yawn?

11] A good payer is master of another’s purse

12] There is nothing that costs less than civility

13] When wine sinks, words swim

14] A short cut is often a wrong cut

15] Work smart; don’t work hard

16] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

17] He is wise who looks ahead

18] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

19] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

20] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

21] Call a spade a spade

22] He who wills the end, Wills the means

23] Strength grows stronger by being tried

24] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

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

26] Good to begin well, better to end well.

27] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

28] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

29] The early man ever borrows from the late man

30] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

31] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

32] Almost’ never killed a fly.

33] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

34] There is no royal road to learning

35] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

36] All’s fair in love and war

37] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

38] High places have their precipices

39] Come with the wind, got with the water

40] He that gives his goods before he be dead, take up a mallet and knock him on the head

41] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

42] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

43] The grapes are sour’, as the fox said when he could not reach them

44] The resolved mind has no cares

45] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

46] Don’t stitch your seam before you’ve tacked it.

47] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

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

49] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

50] After a storm comes a calm

51] Cruelty is more cruel, if we defer the pain

52] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

53] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

54] A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse

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

56] Every law has a loophole

57] If you would be well served, serve yourself

58] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

59] Good fame is better than a good face

60] One is not smelt where all stink

61] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

62] Though the fox runs, the chicken has wings

63] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

64] What is word but wind?

65] Bold resolution is the favourite of providence

66] Every ass likes to hear himself bray

67] Beware of a silent man and still water

68] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

69] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

70] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

71] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

72] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

73] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

74] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

75] Go not to hell for company

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

77] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

78] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

79] Manners make the man

80] Cut your coat according to your cloth

81] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

82] The whole boat is putrid because of a single carp

83] Faint heart never won fair lady

84] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

85] A true friend is forever a friend

86] So many countries, so many customs

87] Pursuits become habits

88] If one will not, another will

89] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

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

91] The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love

92] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

93] It is more blessed to give than to receive

94] Dirty water does not wash clean.

95] New lords, new laws

96] The squeaking wheel gets the grease

97] A word spoken is past recalling

98] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

99] Dumb men get no lands

100] The ant had wings to her hurt