Famous Proverbs

1] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

2] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

3] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

4] Garbage in, garbage out

5] Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen

6] Honesty is the best policy

7] The best fish swim near the bottom

8] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

9] Never too late to repent

10] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

11] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

12] A hungry man smells meat afar off

13] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

14] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

15] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

16] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

17] There is no smoke without fire

18] A true man and a thief think not the same

19] A good wife makes a good husband

20] Travel broadens the mind

21] He that burns most, shines most

22] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

23] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

24] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

25] Wishes can never fill a sack

26] He who does not rise early never does a good day’s work

27] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

28] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

29] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

30] It is not every question that deserves an answer

31] A swine over-fat, is the cause of his own bane

32] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

33] A bad padlock invites a picklock

34] It is as natural to die as to be born

35] Needs must when the devil drives

36] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

37] Our own opinion is never wrong

38] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

39] If you would be well served, serve yourself

40] Repentance comes too late

41] When the melon is ripe, it will drop by itself

42] Better late than never

43] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

44] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

45] You may know by a handful the whole sack

46] All for one, and one for all.

47] Don’t make a mountain out of molehill

48] Like question, like answer.

49] It takes two to make a quarrel

50] Work smart; don’t work hard

51] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

52] He that desires but little has no deed of much

53] After the extreme of cold comes spring

54] Better say noting than no to the purpose

55] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

56] Why play the harp to a buffalo?

57] Might is right

58] He that hath a full purse never wanted (or lacked) a friend

59] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

60] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

61] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

62] Out of debt, out of danger

63] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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

65] There is nothing like being on the safe side

66] The cobbler should stick to his last

67] Love and business teach eloquence

68] Good luck beats early rising

69] Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

70] Let like mate with like

71] Wrong has no warrant

72] An army marches on its stomach

73] Asking costs little

74] Adventures are to be adventurous

75] Dreams go by contraries

76] Don’t play with edged tools

77] Custom takes the taste from the most savoury dishes

78] Be just before you are generous

79] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

80] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

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

82] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

83] Master easy, servant slack

84] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

85] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

86] Never do things by halves

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

88] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

89] His bark is worse than his bite

90] Poor men’s words have little weight

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

92] Like mistress, like maid

93] Even reckoning makes long friends

94] Virtue has all things in itself

95] Red ink gives what it touches a pink glow; black ink gives what it touches a dirty stain.

96] God provides for him that trusts

97] Numbers overcome the brave

98] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

99] A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend

100] Pat any man and dust will fly