Famous Proverbs

1] When in doubt, do nothing

2] Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy

3] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

4] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

5] Kill two birds with one stone

6] A little learning is dangerous thing

7] Custom makes all things easy

8] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example

9] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

10] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head

11] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

12] Laughter makes good blood

13] The first step is the only difficulty

14] The good die young.

15] No man knows what good is than he who has endured evil

16] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

17] Whatever man has done, man can do

18] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

19] Tell a lie and stick to it.

20] Water is the king of food

21] Haste is of (or from) the devil

22] Do as you would be done by

23] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

24] Wine is the best broom for trouble

25] Findings are keepings

26] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

27] A light purse makes a heavy heart

28] Fine feathers make fine birds.

29] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

30] Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

31] Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. ¶ Listeners seldom hear good of themselves

32] Why does one man’s yawning make another yawn?

33] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

34] It is more pain to do nothing than something

35] Live not to eat, but eat to live

36] The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken

37] Better are small fish than an empty dish

38] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

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

40] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

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

42] All’s fish that comes to the net

43] Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

44] Fingers were made before forks

45] Fool’s haste is no speed

46] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

47] He knows the water best who has waded through it

48] The devil’s children have the devil’s luck

49] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

50] There’s no such thing as free as a free lunch

51] It is easy to be wise after the event

52] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

53] Blood will have blood

54] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

55] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

56] An honest good look covers many faults.

57] New things are fair

58] Black will take no other hue

59] A kind heart loseth nought at last.

60] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

61] Truth conquers all things

62] Early sow, early mow

63] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

64] Tempt not a desperate man

65] Hear twice before you speak once

66] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

67] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

68] We have all been once in our life

69] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

70] Liars should have good memories

71] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

72] Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn

73] No good building without a good foundation.

74] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

75] Often and little eating makes a man fat

76] One cannot love and be wise

77] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all

78] Blue are the far away hills

79] A man without a wife is but half a man

80] Praise without profit puts little in the pot

81] One sheep follows another

82] A secret fire is discovered by the smoke

83] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

84] Dying is as natural as living

85] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

86] Children should be seen and not heard

87] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

88] By his deeds we know a man

89] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

90] All is fair in love and war

91] Desert and reward seldom keep company

92] A penny saved is a penny gained

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

94] Every man has his price

95] See which way the cat jumps

96] Whatever man has done, man can do

97] If one will not, another will

98] Ale will make a cat speak

99] It is poor dog that is not worth the whistling

100] There is no rose without a thorn