Famous Proverbs

1] That which proves too much proves nothing

2] Every man is his own worst enemy

3] No convenience without its inconvenience

4] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

5] Care killed the cat

6] Garbage in, garbage out

7] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

8] What is deferred is not abandoned

9] A fool is ever dancing on the tip of his tongue

10] Tempt not a desperate man

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

12] Habit is second nature

13] Desert and reward seldom keep company

14] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

15] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

16] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

17] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

18] Ale will make a cat speak

19] Credit lost is like a Venice glass broken

20] He that sings on Friday, will weep on Sunday

21] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

22] The tailor makes the man

23] Lavishness is not generosity

24] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

25] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

26] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

27] It will be the same a hundred years hence

28] Books and friends should be few but good

29] There is no tree but bears some fruit

30] The worse luck now, the better another time

31] A good dog deserves a good bone

32] Step by step the ladder is ascended

33] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

34] Waste not, want not

35] Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency

36] Life begins only in success

37] An obedient wife commands her husband

38] Love sees no fault

39] Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

40] Many dishes make many diseases

41] The dog is a lion in his own house

42] If you want peace, prepare for war

43] He that repairs not a part, builds all

44] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant

45] Slow and steady wins the race

46] Two heads are better than one

47] Knowledge is power

48] First come, first served

49] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

50] Black will take no other hue

51] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

52] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

53] They brag most who can do least

54] When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?

55] All glory comes from daring to begin

56] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

57] In haste is error

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

59] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

60] Honesty is ill to thrive by

61] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

62] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

63] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

64] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

65] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

66] The receiver is as bad as the thief

67] What is worse than ill luck?

68] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

69] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

70] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

71] Friendship should not be all on one side

72] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

73] A bad excuse is better than none at all

74] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

75] Better bend than break

76] He that cannot ask, cannot live

77] Good counsel never comes amiss

78] No honest man ever repented his honesty

79] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

80] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

81] Long looked for, comes at last

82] Never say die

83] Every dog is valiant at his won door

84] God arms the harmless

85] God comes at last when think he is farthest off

86] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

87] A good paymaster needs no surety

88] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

89] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

90] A good dog deserves a good bone

91] Cheap is dear in the long run.

92] He mediates revenge who least complains.

93] The hole calls the thief

94] Money is power

95] Man punishes the action but God the intention

96] How forceful are right words

97] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

98] The greater the kindred, the less the kindness.

99] A little is better than none

100] A good lather is half the shave