Famous Proverbs

1] He who last, laughs longest.

2] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

3] Numbers overcome the brave

4] It is best to be on the safe side

5] Seek and you shall find

6] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

7] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

8] What is new cannot be true

9] He that is absent is soon forgotten

10] The tongue talks at the heads cost

11] Mercy surpasses justice

12] Weak things united become strong

13] Covetousness brings nothing home

14] Wise men silent, fools talk

15] What children hear at home, soon files abroad

16] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

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

18] We don’t get something for nothing

19] Time and tide wait for no man

20] Great minds think alike

21] Though the food is plain, stomach may be filled; though the cloth is coarse, one may be clad to a ripe old age

22] Silence is golden

23] The best things are hard to come by.

24] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

25] Affection blinds reason

26] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

27] Her that is down need fear no fall

28] Life is short and time is swift

29] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

30] There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel

31] The bigger they are, the harder they fall

32] There’s no great loss without some gain

33] The cowl does not make the monk.

34] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

35] Never say die

36] To teach is to learn twice over

37] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

38] More haste, less speed

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

40] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

41] One reason is as good as fifty

42] Good luck beats early rising

43] At open doors, dogs come in

44] Misfortune does not always come to injure

45] Men are not angles

46] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

47] With wealth, you are as grand as a dragon; without wealth you are as insignificant as a worm.

48] Through hardship to the stars

49] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

50] He that desires but little has no deed of much

51] The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.

52] Do leaves sprout on rootless trees?

53] God (or Providence) is always on the side of big battalions

54] Ignorance is the peace of life

55] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

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

57] A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend

58] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

59] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

60] If anything can go wrong, it will

61] A closed mouth catches no files

62] If one will not, another will

63] A good beginning is half the battle.

64] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

65] A hungry man smells meat afar off

66] Who lives by hope will die in hunger

67] Idleness is the root of all evil

68] Man cannot live by bread alone

69] A good servant must have good wages

70] He who serves is not free

71] Waste makes wants

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

73] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

74] A bully never grows up.

75] First impressions are most lasting

76] Familiarity breeds contempt

77] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

78] Silence is also speech

79] Wine is the best broom for trouble

80] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

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

82] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

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

84] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

85] If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

86] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts

87] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

88] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

89] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

90] Well begun is half done.

91] The early man ever borrows from the late man

92] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

93] Step by step the ladder is ascended

94] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

95] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

96] Long absent, soon forgotten

97] Health and money go far

98] The word is far him who has patience

99] In a gambling house, there are no fathers and sons.

100] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due