Famous Proverbs

1] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

2] Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

3] Better late than never

4] Where there is a question, there must be an answer

5] It the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

6] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

7] Let an ill man lie in the straw and he looks to be thy heir

8] Every commodity has its discommodity

9] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

10] Beggars must not be choosers

11] Wink at small faults

12] Much science, much sorrow

13] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

14] Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

15] Money is the root of all evil

16] Children learn to creep ere they can go

17] A man of many trades, begs his bread on Sunday

18] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

19] It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to find a cure.

20] Beauty is but skin-deep

21] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

22] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

23] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

24] A good word stills great anger

25] The more you get, the more you want

26] When in Rome, do as the Romans do

27] Appearances are deceptive

28] Thatch your roof before the rain begins

29] When someone gives up a peach, return him a plum

30] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

31] Some are wise and some are otherwise

32] He that eats least eats most

33] Revenge never repairs an injury

34] Experience is the mother of wisdom

35] A good conscience is a constant feast

36] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

37] Charity begins at home.

38] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

39] Beauty fades like a flower.

40] The road to hell is paved with good action

41] Everything would fain live

42] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

43] What is word but wind?

44] Call a spade a spade

45] Spend and be free, but make no waste

46] Clothes do not make the man

47] The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts

48] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

49] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

50] God is always on the side of the big battalions

51] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

52] All glory comes from daring to begin

53] The best things are hard to come by.

54] A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind

55] What can’t be cured must be endured

56] Lend only that which you can afford to lose

57] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

58] Talk much end err much

59] He that eats well should do his duty well

60] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

61] Big words seldom go with good deeds

62] The labourer is worthy of his hire

63] All is vanity.

64] Precept begins, examples accomplish

65] The truest jests sound worst in guilty ears

66] When angry, count a hundred

67] Anger restrained is wisdom gained

68] Trust is the mother of deceit

69] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

70] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

71] He freezes who does not burn

72] Cast not the first stone.

73] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

74] The tongue stings

75] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

76] He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad

77] The bait hides the hook

78] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

79] You cannot have your cake and eat it

80] There is many a fair thing full false

81] Too much hope deceives

82] Blessed is he who excepts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

83] What the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning

84] A little impatience will spoil great plans

85] Half an egg is better than empty shell

86] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

87] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

88] Eat a clove of garlic and you smell of garlic; eat two cloves and you smell the same.

89] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

90] All good things must come to an end

91] There is honour among thieves

92] After a storm comes a calm

93] Cowards die many times before their deaths

94] It is too late to look up after you have collided

95] Virtue joints man to god

96] Custom reconciles us to everything

97] Trusting often makes fidelity

98] That which is easily done is soon believed

99] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

100] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most