Famous Proverbs

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

2] Either mend or end

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

4] Home is home though it be never so homely

5] A hungry man smells meat afar off

6] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

7] Time has wings

8] Would you know what money is, got borrow some

9] Rats know the ways of rats

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

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

12] If one will not, another will

13] Judge not of men and things at first sight

14] When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon.

15] No remedy but patience

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

17] Love delights in praise

18] An ill tongue may do much

19] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

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

21] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

22] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

23] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

24] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

25] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

26] Honour is the reward of virtue

27] Nature hates all sudden changes

28] It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

29] Time lost cannot be recalled

30] Trust is the mother of deceit

31] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

32] A good beginning makes a good ending.

33] Self do, self have

34] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

35] What’s in a name?

36] You may know by a handful the whole sack

37] Poverty does not hurt him who has not been rich before

38] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

39] Much learning makes men mad

40] The child is father of the man

41] It is never too late to mend

42] Desperate diseases need (or must have) desperate cures

43] Rust wastes more than use

44] A crust is better than no bread.

45] They brag most who can do least

46] Be still and have thy will

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

48] We don’t get something for nothing

49] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

50] Appearances are deceptive

51] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

52] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

53] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

54] The word is far him who has patience

55] Hope keeps man alive

56] Everyone is a kin to the rich man

57] If he ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark

58] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

59] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

60] When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

61] Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure

62] Little pitchers have big ears.

63] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

64] The resolved mind has no cares

65] There is no tree but bears some fruit

66] Be careful to whom you give

67] One swallow does not make a summer

68] There is nothing that costs less than civility

69] No man is infallible

70] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

71] He is an ill husband who is not missed

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

73] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

74] To be discontented is to be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

75] Precepts may lead but examples draw

76] He who can does. He who cannot teaches

77] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer

78] Crowns have cares

79] All’s fair in love and war

80] One foot is better than two crutches

81] He that asks faintly begs a denial.

82] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

83] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

84] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

85] Pleasing ware is half sold

86] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

87] A monk can’t shave his own head

88] Men make houses, women make homes

89] Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread.

90] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

91] That which is easily done is soon believed

92] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

93] Well done is better than well said

94] A gift much expected is paid, not given

95] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

96] Every light has its shadow

97] Far fowls have fair feather

98] Waste makes wants

99] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

100] Money is the only monarch