Famous Proverbs

1] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

2] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

3] Work expands so as to fill the time available

4] Lucky men need no counsel

5] Necessity is mother of invention

6] Make the best of a bad job

7] Work smart; don’t work hard

8] Do as you would be done by

9] Pride goes before a fall

10] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

11] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

12] It’s a long lane that has no turning

13] Like will to like

14] Put not the bucket too often in the well

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

16] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

17] The labour we delight in physics pain

18] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

19] Extremes meet

20] He who does not rise with the sun does not enjoy the day

21] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

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

23] God makes the back for the burden

24] The tree that god plants, no wind hurts it

25] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

26] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

27] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

28] He gives twice who gives quickly

29] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

30] Anything will fit a naked man.

31] Virtue has all things in itself

32] If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean

33] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

34] A good dog deserves a good bone

35] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

36] Nothing is given so freely as advice

37] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

38] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

39] Never do evil that good may come of it

40] Don’t take your harp to the party

41] There’s a black sheep in every flock

42] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

43] Virtue is its own reward

44] An army marches on its stomach

45] In the end, things will mend

46] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

47] Nature is the true law

48] Let bygones be bygones

49] As soon as there is life there is danger

50] God made the country ,and man made the town

51] Silence gives (or means) consent

52] Give the devil his due

53] It costs more to do ill than to do well

54] Never try to prove what nobody doubts

55] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

56] At a good bargain thinks twice

57] Advice when most needed is least heeded

58] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

59] The coward threatens only when he is safe

60] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

61] No news is good news

62] Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

63] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

64] Better sit still than rise and fall

65] Every man praises his own wares

66] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

67] A bully never grows up.

68] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

69] Let us do evil that good may come

70] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

71] We shall lie all alike in our graves

72] The tongue talks at the heads cost

73] There is nothing new under the sun

74] A bribe will enter without knocking

75] False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

76] Where god will help, nothing does harm

77] A word before is worth two behind

78] Much meat, much malady

79] Every man has the defects of his own virtues (or qualities)

80] If you would know the value of a ducat, try to borrow one

81] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

82] He that does most at once, does least

83] Even water has its ebb and flow

84] Health is not value till sickness comes

85] To forget a wrong is the best revenge

86] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

87] There grows no herb t heal a coward heart

88] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

89] He who wills the end, Wills the means

90] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

91] New things are fair

92] Give and spend, and God will send

93] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

94] Many dishes make many diseases

95] Eat to live and not live to eat.

96] Beware of him who makes thee presents

97] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

98] Cast not the first stone.

99] Two wrongs do not make a right

100] Rain water leaks through the roof-top