Famous Proverbs

1] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

2] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

3] Fish begins to stink at the head

4] Error cannot be defended but by error

5] Help a lame dog over a stile

6] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

7] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

8] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

9] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

10] None but the brave deserves the fair

11] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

12] True gold is not transformed by fire

13] Vice makes virtue shine

14] A friend in need is a friend indeed

15] As you make your bed, you must lie on it

16] One sheep follows another

17] Few words are best

18] It is more blessed to give than to receive

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

20] There is nothing new under the sun

21] Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard

22] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

23] Hunger is sharper than the sword

24] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

25] He that is long a-giving knows not how to give

26] Patience under old injuries invites new ones

27] An army marches on its stomach

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

29] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

30] Many hands make light work

31] Much would have more

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

33] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

34] Do not kick against the pricks

35] Men are not angles

36] Be still and have thy will

37] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

38] Human blood is all of a colour

39] He that is absent is soon forgotten

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

41] Life means strife

42] A good husband makes a good wife

43] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

44] Each man, in corrupting others, corrupts himself

45] The worth of a thing is what it will bring

46] First try and then trust

47] Procrastination is the thief of time

48] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

49] There is a great difference between words and deeds

50] Creditors have better memories than debtors

51] Help a lame dog over a stile

52] The golden age was never the present age

53] Charity begins at home.

54] It is easier to praise poverty than to bear it.

55] Beauty opens locked doors

56] Travel broadens the mind

57] A constant guest is never welcome

58] Do right and fear no man

59] Life begins only in success

60] He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning

61] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

62] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.

63] God makes the back for the burden

64] He is an ill husband who is not missed

65] Don’t try to run before you walk

66] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

67] Kingdoms divided soon fall

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

69] Learn to walk before you run

70] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

71] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

72] When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war

73] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

74] Enough is as good as a feast

75] Words cut more than swords

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

77] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

78] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

79] There is nothing lost by civility

80] The goat must browse where she is tied

81] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

82] The tide must be taken when it comes

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

84] If one will not, another will

85] The grace of God enough

86] Comparisons are odious

87] Half a loaf is better than do bread

88] The cowl does not make the monk.

89] The fire which warms us a distance will burn us when near

90] Don’t cry for the moon

91] Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost

92] As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamp

93] The tongue stings

94] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

95] The early man ever borrows from the late man

96] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

97] Every law has a loophole

98] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

99] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

100] Every path has a puddle