Famous Proverbs

1] All good things must come to an end

2] All for one, and one for all.

3] Misfortune does not always come to injure

4] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

5] Learn to walk before you run

6] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

7] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

8] One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

9] The tailor makes the man

10] There are hills, and there are swamps as well.

11] Facts are stubborn things

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

13] There are more ways to the wood than one.

14] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

15] Virtue is its own reward

16] A man’s wealth is his enemy

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

18] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

19] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

20] He that praises himself, spatters himself

21] Train the child in the way he should go.

22] All covet all lose.

23] A good husband makes a good wife

24] Virtue is praised by all, but practiced by few

25] A fool may give a wise man counsel

26] An old man’s sayings are seldom untrue

27] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

28] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

29] Every man has his faults

30] There are spots even in the sun

31] A good wife makes a good husband

32] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

33] Marriages are made in heaven

34] Words bind men

35] Even if you wash a crow with rose- water, its feathers won’t become white.

36] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

37] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

38] Pleasure has a sting in its tail

39] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

40] Respect is greater from a distance

41] Kill two birds with one stone

42] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

43] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

44] Take things as they come

45] He who peeps through a hole, may see what will vex him

46] You may have too much of a good thing

47] Forecast is better than work-hard

48] Out of sight, out of mind

49] A good conscience is a sure card

50] Beauty fades like a flower.

51] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

52] Truth is mighty and will prevail

53] One today is worth two tomorrows

54] Friendship should not be all on one side

55] A bad excuse is better than none at all

56] Full of courtesy, full of craft

57] Love is blind

58] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

59] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

60] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

61] To err is human; to forgive, divine

62] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

63] Don’t ride the high horse

64] All our pomp the earth covers

65] As soon as there is life there is danger

66] Catch your bear before you sell its skin

67] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

68] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

69] The longest day must have an end

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

71] Of one ill come many

72] Diamond cuts diamond

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

74] Patch by patch is good housewifery, but patch upon patch is plain beggary

75] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

76] Fish begins to stink at the head

77] Great oaks from little acorns grow

78] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

79] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

80] Out of sight, out of mind

81] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

82] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

83] Learning is like sailing against the tide - if you don’t move forward, you go backward

84] There is no fool like an old fool

85] A drowning man will clutch at a straw

86] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

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

88] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

89] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

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

91] They brag most who can do least

92] There is nothing like being on the safe side

93] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

94] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

95] Long looked for, comes at last

96] Children speak only words they have heard.

97] He who serves is not free

98] Too much cunning undoes

99] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

100] He that has plenty of goods will have more