Famous Proverbs

1] Laws were made to be broke

2] A living dog is better than a dead lion

3] Laugh and grow fat

4] A gentleman never remembers unkindness shown towards him

5] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

6] The more cost, the more honour

7] Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

8] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

9] Through obedience learn to command.

10] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

11] Every cloud has a silver lining

12] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

13] A little help is worth a deal of pity

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

15] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

16] Eggs and oaths are easily broken

17] The mob tramples on the coward

18] Much law but little justice

19] Don’t ride the high horse

20] Her that is down need fear no fall

21] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

22] Four eyes see more than two

23] Wrong has no warrant

24] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

25] In haste is error

26] He that repairs not a part, builds all

27] There is a black sheep in every flock

28] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

29] Be just before you are generous

30] Gossiping and lying go together

31] You know what you can do till you try.

32] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

33] Example is the greatest of all seducers

34] The axe falls on a straight tree first

35] Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces

36] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

37] He who demands does not command

38] Charity excuseth not cheating.

39] Fire is a good servant a bad master

40] The best things come in small packages

41] What the eye doesn’t see, the heart grieves not

42] Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

43] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

44] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

45] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

46] He gives twice who gives quickly

47] Honesty is ill to thrive by

48] An Englishman’s home is his castle

49] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

50] Gold brings gold; lack of gold, a headache

51] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

52] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

53] It is the first step that is troublesome

54] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

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

56] Every why has a wherefore

57] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

58] The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles

59] Health without money is half an ague

60] It’s a long lane that has no turning

61] An old man is a bed full of bones

62] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

63] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

64] It is as natural to die as to be born

65] He that has good money, gives few alms

66] Prospect is often better than possession

67] Long looked for, comes at last

68] Every dog has his (its) day

69] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

70] The devil looks after his own

71] Let us do evil that good may come

72] Habit is second nature

73] Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken

74] Learning is the eye of the mind

75] Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

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

77] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

78] When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?

79] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

80] So many countries, so many customs

81] More have repented speech than silence

82] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

83] Mirth without measure is madness

84] Tigers and deer do not over.

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

86] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

87] Too many cooks spoil the broth

88] As long lives a merry man as a sad

89] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

90] A bad excuse is better than none at all

91] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

92] First impressions are most lasting

93] Weapons breed peace

94] Health and wealth create beauty

95] Every Jack must have his Jill

96] Money talks

97] Kingdoms divided soon fall

98] How seldom in life is the moon directly overhead

99] The sign brings customers

100] Good is good but better carries it