Famous Proverbs

1] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

2] Manners make the man

3] Easier said than done

4] A miss is as good as a mile

5] A bad workman always blames his tools

6] Garbage in, garbage out

7] Birds of a feather flock together

8] Death devours lambs as well as sheep

9] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

10] One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

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

12] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

13] You can’t clap with one hand

14] Virtue is a jewel of great price.

15] Even the compelling beauty of the Diamond Mountain cannot be appreciated when the stomach is empty

16] Judge not the tree by its bark

17] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

18] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

19] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

20] The first blow is half the battle

21] To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. To a thirsty man any drink is sweet.

22] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

23] Fools live poor to die rich

24] Better an egg in peace than an ox in war

25] One good turn deserves another

26] Wash your dirty linen at home

27] Laws were made to be broke

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

29] Great trees keep down the little ones

30] When angry, count a hundred

31] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

32] The golden age was never the present age

33] Harp not for ever on the same string

34] One lie makes many

35] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

36] Much law but little justice

37] A fool may give a wise man counsel

38] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

39] The best of men are but men at best.

40] What may be done at any time is done at no time

41] He that goes a borrowing goes a-sorrowing

42] Kindness lies in one side of the house

43] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

44] The deed comes back upon the doer.

45] Tie a chicken with an elephant rope, and it will slip off; tie an elephant with a chicken-tether, and it will break away.

46] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

47] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

48] The bait hides the hook

49] What the king wills, that the law wills

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

51] Fish and guests smell in three days

52] Go not to hell for company

53] It is no use crying over spilt milk

54] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

55] The tongue talks at the heads cost

56] The fairest silk is soonest stained

57] Do as say, not as I do

58] Four eyes see better than two.

59] The highest branch is not the safest roost

60] The goat must browse where she is tied

61] True gold is not transformed by fire

62] Virtue carries a lean purse

63] It is too late to look up after you have collided

64] No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect

65] Ale will make a cat speak

66] He conquers who endures

67] God gave us the seed of every plant, but we must sow it.

68] Long absent, soon forgotten

69] Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man never

70] Time flees without a delay

71] He that is fallen cannot help him that is down

72] A man’s best fortune, or his worst, is a wife

73] Knowledge is power

74] A little impatience will spoil great plans

75] No answer is also an answer

76] Poverty is not a crime

77] From small beginnings come great things

78] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

79] It is good to follow the old fox

80] No man limps because another is hurt

81] Better a husband without love than a jealous husband

82] Don’t cry for the moon

83] First creep, then walk

84] Nature is conquered by obeying her

85] At open doors, dogs come in

86] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

87] You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

88] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

89] Do as I say, not as I do

90] Long looked for, comes at last

91] Honour is the reward of virtue

92] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

93] A gift much expected is paid, not given

94] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

95] An empty sack cannot stand upright

96] Repentance comes too late

97] Give a loan and buy quarrel

98] There is nothing lost by civility

99] Like will to like

100] Charity covers a Multitude of sins