Famous Proverbs

1] The proof of the pudding lies in the eating

2] With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown

3] He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens

4] He stands not surely that never slips

5] Never hit a man when he’s down

6] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

7] When the cat is away, the mice will play

8] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

9] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

10] New meat begets a new appetite

11] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

12] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

13] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

14] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

15] There is no accounting for tastes

16] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

17] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

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

19] He that obey cannot command

20] Patience surpasses learning

21] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

22] No playing with a straw before an old cat.

23] An old man is a bed full of bones

24] A good wife is a good prize

25] A golden key opens every door

26] It signifies nothing to play well if you lose.

27] Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

28] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

29] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

30] It is never too late to mend

31] Wise men learn by other men’s harms (or mistakes), fools, by their own

32] There’s a black sheep in every flock

33] A little impatience will spoil great plans

34] An old fox is not easily snared

35] Ill news comes unsent for.

36] He that talks much, errs much

37] One man sows and another reaps

38] What the king wills, that the law wills

39] A guilty conscience feels continual fear

40] A old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

41] Wait’ is a hard word to the hungry.

42] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

43] Good fame is better than a good face

44] He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox

45] The first blow is half the battle

46] Misery loves company.

47] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

48] The young will sow their wild oats

49] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

50] Nothing so bad as not to be good for something

51] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

52] A word spoken is past recalling

53] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

54] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

55] A miss is as good as a mile

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

57] Blood will have blood

58] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

59] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

60] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

61] Early sow, early mow

62] All meat pleases not all mouths

63] Forgive and forget

64] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

65] Like father, like son

66] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

67] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

68] Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory

69] Extremes meet

70] Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pain: grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains

71] If you would wed fitly, wed in your station

72] Alms never make poor

73] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

74] The mob has many heads but no brains

75] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

76] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

77] Beware of no man more than himself

78] When the word is out it belongs to another

79] Don’t play with fire

80] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

81] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

82] Coming events cast their shadows before

83] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

84] Where there is whispering there is lying

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

86] Too long burden makes weary bones

87] Discretion is the better part of valour

88] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

89] The love of money is the root of all evil

90] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

91] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

92] It is the first step that is troublesome

93] A good beginning makes a good ending.

94] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

95] No hair so small but has his shadow

96] Wise men silent, fools talk

97] The last straw breaks the camel’s back

98] It is not easy to steal when the landlord is a thief

99] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

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