Famous Proverbs

1] Do not limp before the lame

2] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

3] Let bygones be bygones

4] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

5] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

6] Save your breath to cool the porridge

7] Least said, soonest mended

8] Men do more things through habit than reason

9] Saving one man’s life is better than building a seven- storied temple.

10] A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, is always in good seasons

11] They also serve who only stand and wait

12] From hearing, comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance

13] Patience surpasses learning

14] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

15] The wish is father to the thought

16] Strength grows stronger by being tried

17] Second thoughts are best

18] If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save

19] Never do evil that good may come of it

20] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

21] Every shoe fits not every foot

22] Give me fire and I’ll give you light

23] Even the lion must defend itself against flies

24] Never say die

25] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

26] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.

27] A closed mouth catches no files

28] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

29] Do not triumph before the victory

30] Pitchers have ears

31] Dead dogs bark not

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

33] God’s help is better than the early rising

34] Judge not the tree by its bark

35] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

36] Nothing is as good as it seems before hand

37] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

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

39] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

40] The best of friends must part

41] Praise is always pleasant

42] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

43] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

44] A house divided against itself cannot stand

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

46] Love sees no fault

47] Extremes meet

48] In the end, things will mend

49] There is a black sheep in every flock

50] A soft answer turns away wrath

51] What is worse than ill luck?

52] All roads lead to Rome

53] He who does nothing but sits and eats, will wear away a mountain of wealth

54] Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot

55] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

56] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

57] Revenge is sweet

58] So many men, so many opinions

59] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

60] Procrastination is the thief of time

61] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

62] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

63] The labour we delight in physics pain

64] Once bitten, twice shy.

65] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

66] Hungry bellies have no ears

67] Wise men do not argue with idiots

68] As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamp

69] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

70] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

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

72] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

73] Findings are keepings

74] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

75] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

76] The borrower is servant to the lender

77] Far from eye, far from heart

78] Faint heart never won fair lady

79] A foolish man knows not the art of forgiveness

80] Anything will fit a naked man.

81] Even Homer sometimes nods

82] There is nothing lost by civility

83] When you do not know what to do – wait.

84] A beggar pays a benefit with a louse

85] He that has a full purse never wanted a friend

86] Honesty is ill to thrive by

87] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

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

89] Friendship cannot stand always on one side

90] The cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream

91] He that has no money needs no purse

92] Never buy a pig in a poke

93] No like is the same.

94] Wine does not intoxicate men; men intoxicate themselves

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

96] A wise man hears one word and understands two

97] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

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

99] Silence and thinking can no man offend

100] Man does what he can, and God what he will