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Famous Proverbs

1] Nothing is more contagious than a bad example
2] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
3] One must be a servant before one can be a master
4] Nature will have her course
5] Silence gives (or means) consent
6] No news is good news
7] A little body often harbours a great soul
8] Nothing ventured, nothing gained
9] No choice amongst stinking fish
10] There is no accounting for tastes
11] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree
12] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?
13] It is useless to flog a dead horse
14] Jesters do oft prove prophets
15] Absence makes the heart grow fonder
16] Idle folks lack no excuses
17] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended
18] The best things are hard to come by.
19] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little
20] An Englishman’s home is his castle
21] The pot calls the kettle black
22] When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?
23] Better a lean peace than a fat victory
24] Delays are not denials
25] Water far away will not extinguish a fire that is nearby; relatives far from you are not as good as neighbours close to you.
26] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)
27] Years know more than books
28] He may find fault that cannot mend
29] A good face is a letter of recommendation
30] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.
31] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him
32] A man may learn wit every day.
33] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand
34] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk
35] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons
36] The word is far him who has patience
37] Give the devil his due
38] The purse of the patient protracts the disease
39] Where there is no might, right loses itself
40] It’s dogged that does it
41] Truth has no need of rhetoric
42] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle
43] Young colts will canter.
44] Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration
45] Manners make the man
46] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger
47] Every ass likes to hear himself bray
48] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today
49] If you want a thing well done, do it yourself
50] The last drop makes the cup run over
51] Facts are more eloquent than oratory
52] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying
53] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing
54] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale
55] Forewarned is forearmed
56] A constant guest is never welcome
57] Tell the truth and shame the devil
58] A bully is always a coward
59] Wise men are caught in wiles
60] Those who sell dog-meat often display a lamb’s head
61] Every groom is a king at home
62] Everyone to his taste
63] Ready money is ready medicine
64] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men
65] Blood cannot be washed out with blood
66] Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood
67] Friends agree best at a distance
68] He who carries the burden knows the weight of it.
69] Man cannot live by bread alone
70] While there is life, there is hope
71] He that obey cannot command
72] Give him (or knaves) an inch and he (they) will take a yard (or mile)
73] The darkest place is under the candlestick
74] Cruelty is more cruel, if we defer the pain
75] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.
76] Dangerous foreseen are soonest prevented
77] Soon hot, soon cold
78] Mirth is the sugar of life
79] Ready money is a ready remedy
80] Bread is the staff of life.
81] One good turn deserves another
82] Good to begin well, better to end well.
83] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.
84] Good luck beats early rising
85] Good broth may be made in an old pot
86] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.
87] Virtue is a jewel of great price.
88] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
89] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him
90] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite
91] Behind the smile, a dagger may be hidden
92] Trusting often makes fidelity
93] One is not smelt where all stink
94] He that has a good memory, gives few alms
95] Possibilities are infinite
96] Sour, sweet, bitter and pungent flavours must all be tasted
97] Tigers and deer do not over.
98] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands
99] A great calligrapher isn’t choosy about his brushes.
100] A woman’s work is never done



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