Famous Proverbs

1] Each day brings its own bread

2] Gifts blind the eyes.

3] He who comes late must eat what is left

4] Will is the cause of woe

5] Dogs bark as they are bred.

6] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

7] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

8] The absent saint gets no candle

9] The child is father of the man

10] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

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

12] High places have their precipices

13] Long looked for, comes at last

14] Wine uncloaks the words of the heart

15] The sun shines upon all alike.

16] Tigers and deer do not over.

17] Pleasant hours fly past

18] Anything will fit a naked man.

19] A bow long bent at last waxes weak

20] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

21] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

22] A thing of beauty is a joy forever

23] The greatest step is that out of doors

24] There is a black sheep in every flock

25] A bribe will enter without knocking

26] Desire beautifies what is ugly

27] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

28] Liars should have good memories

29] There is no time like the present

30] Beauty fades like a flower.

31] Procrastination is the thief of time

32] Debt is an evil conscience

33] Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

34] A joke’s a very serious thing

35] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

36] When in doubt, do nothing

37] He who last, laughs longest.

38] Novelty always appears handsome

39] Blue are the far away hills

40] First impressions are half the battle

41] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

42] The little cannot be great unless he devours many

43] It’s hard to get one’s own sword back when it’s in someone else’s scabbard

44] The proud will sooner lose than ask the way

45] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

46] Hard words break no bones

47] Live and Learn

48] All heiresses are beautiful.

49] Learning is the eye of the mind

50] Paddle your own canoe

51] Everything in moderation.

52] Hope is grief’s best music

53] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

54] There are spots even in the sun

55] Where there’s a will there’s a way

56] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

57] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

58] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

59] Speech is silver, silence is golden

60] When you are an anvil, hold still; when you are an anvil, hold still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

61] Give a fool (or a thief) enough rope and he will hang himself

62] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

63] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

64] Better to wear out than rust out

65] Weeds need no sowing

66] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

67] Petty laws breed great crimes

68] Those who are used to the signs of the dumb, understand them

69] High places have their precipices

70] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

71] Don’t cut the bough you are standing on

72] Shrouds have no pockets

73] One can’t go to bed when a visit or stays late

74] A little body often harbours a great soul

75] Better belly burst than good meat lost

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

77] Mirth is the sugar of life

78] A man may bear till his back breaks

79] First try and then trust

80] Good ware makes quick market

81] No day so clear but has dark clouds

82] Poor folk fare the best

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

84] Home is where the heart is

85] Master easy, servant slack

86] A wounded reputation is seldom cured

87] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

88] Better learn late than never

89] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

90] He thinks not well that thinks not again

91] The exception proves the rule

92] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

93] Error cannot be defended but by error

94] The time to come is no more ours than the time past

95] That which Nature paints never fades

96] The faulty stands on his guard

97] Tomorrow is another day

98] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

99] The eye sees only what it has the power of seeing

100] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.