Famous Proverbs

1] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

2] Friendship should not be all on one

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

4] A good dog deserves a good bone

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

6] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

7] Blood will have blood

8] A man of courage never wants weapons

9] Habit is second nature

10] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

11] The bull must be taken by the horns

12] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

13] No misfortune will go on forever

14] Men leap over where the hedge is lowest

15] To refuse and to give tardily is all the same

16] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

17] Dreams are lies

18] Content is better than riches

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

20] What must be must be

21] Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows

22] Dirty water does not wash clean.

23] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

24] Joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.

25] The dancing girl who could not dance, said that the hall was not big enough.

26] The cowl does not make the monk.

27] No convenience without its inconvenience

28] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

29] Every oak has been an acorn

30] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

31] A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

32] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration

33] It is not the hood that makes the monk.

34] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

35] Well done is better than well said

36] He that can stay. Obtains

37] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

38] A bribe will enter without knocking

39] Master easy, servant slack

40] There is honour among thieves

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

42] Standing pools gather fifth

43] He that will thrive must rise at five

44] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

45] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

46] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

47] Good hand, good hire

48] One man’s means another man’s poison

49] Can we ever too much of a good thing?

50] Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people

51] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

52] Frugality is the mother of virtue

53] Wine is the best broom for trouble

54] Conscience does make cowards of us all

55] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

56] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

57] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

58] Better be safe than sorry

59] It is more blessed to give than to receive

60] The tailor makes the man

61] Common fame is seldom to blame

62] A bad excuse is better than none at all

63] Easy come, easy go

64] That which proves too much proves nothing

65] A house divided against itself cannot stand

66] Necessity turns a lion into a fox

67] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

68] It takes two to make a quarrel

69] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

70] Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry

71] It is too late to husband when all is spent

72] Her that is down need fear no fall

73] It is easy to be wise after the event

74] The voice is the best music

75] First impressions are half the battle

76] Change brings life

77] There’s small choice in rotten apples.

78] Long life has long misery

79] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

80] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

81] If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything

82] Comparisons are odious

83] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

84] Empty vessels make the most sound

85] Don’t put the cart before the horse

86] No news is good news

87] One cannot put back the clock

88] Extremity of right is wrong

89] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

90] The best go first

91] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

92] Beggars must not be choosers

93] No man so good but another may be as good as he

94] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

95] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

96] Shrimps get broken backs when whales fight

97] No man is content with his lot

98] Small is beautiful

99] Fair face, foul heart

100] The fairest silk is soonest stained