Famous Proverbs

1] Muck and money go together

2] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

3] Between two stools you fall to the ground

4] Look at the bright side

5] There are two sides to every question

6] Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

7] Pride goes before a fall

8] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

9] An old man is a bed full of bones

10] There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers

11] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

12] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

13] No man fears what he has seen grow

14] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

15] A great city, a great solitude

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

17] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

18] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

19] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

20] Better the last smile than the first laugh

21] Good merchandise finds a ready buyer

22] Actions speak louder than words

23] Nature is conquered by obeying her

24] Thieves and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging

25] All is fair in love and war

26] The hole calls the thief

27] He daren’t say ‘boo’ to a goose

28] Kindness lies in one side of the house

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

30] Never do things by halves

31] If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves

32] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

33] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

34] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

35] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

36] One can’t help many, but many can help one

37] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

38] A good paymaster needs no surety

39] A good lather is half the shave

40] An open door may tempt a saint

41] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

42] A fool and his money are soon parted

43] Everything is good in its season

44] Never too late to repent

45] Make the best of a bad job

46] What’s the good of thatching someone else’s roof?

47] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

48] What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

49] Dead men don’t bite

50] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

51] Handsome is as handsome does

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

53] A good lather is half the shave

54] Hasty work, double work,

55] Don’t cry before you are hurt

56] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

57] Bare walls make giddy housewives

58] Every light has its shadow

59] Trusting often makes fidelity

60] There is nothing that costs less than civility

61] If you can’t bite, never show your teeth.

62] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

63] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

64] Man proposes, God disposes

65] Other times, other manners

66] Bad excuses are worse than none.

67] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

68] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

69] Marriage makes or mars a man

70] What everybody says must be true

71] Lookers-on see most of the game

72] As soon as man is born, he begins to die

73] What is shown by example, men think they may justly do

74] Conscience does make cowards of us all

75] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

76] Men do more things through habit than reason

77] Fools live poor to die rich

78] As soon as there is life there is danger

79] Bind the sack before it be full

80] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

81] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

82] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

83] Dead men tell no tales

84] It is as well to know which way the wind blows

85] He that speaks well, flights well

86] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

87] Great barkers are no biters

88] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

89] You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

90] The grace of God enough

91] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

92] Blood is thicker than water

93] Honey catches more files than vinegar.

94] Beware of a silent man and still water

95] A word to the wise is enough

96] Nothing is so certain as death

97] Weeds need no sowing

98] Good fences make good neighbours

99] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

100] Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant