Famous Proverbs

1] A man’s discontent is his worst evil

2] More haste, less speed

3] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

4] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

5] Birds of a feather flock together

6] The hole calls the thief

7] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

8] Four eyes see more than two

9] The labourer is worthy of his hire

10] Great hopes make great men

11] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

12] Stolen sweets are sweeter

13] Nature abhors a vacuum

14] Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits

15] If anything can go wrong, it will

16] One beats the bush, and another catches the birds

17] Life begins only in success

18] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

19] A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little

20] Think on the end before you begin

21] Marry in haste, repent at leisure

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

23] One sheep follows another

24] First impressions are half the battle

25] No man can serve two masters

26] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

27] It is the first step that is troublesome

28] Often and little eating makes a man fat

29] Fish and guests smell in three days

30] A man’s studies pass in to his character

31] Ignorance is the peace of life

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

33] A tiger that roars is not a man-eater

34] He that is down need fear no fall

35] In all the weeding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.

36] Suffering does not manifest itself

37] What is new cannot be true

38] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

39] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six

40] Handsome is as handsome does

41] Who greases his way travels easily

42] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

43] Boys will be boys

44] Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

45] Good hand, good hire

46] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

47] Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

48] Thrift is a great revenue

49] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

50] Homer sometimes nods

51] The devil lurks behind the cross

52] Nature abhors a vacuum

53] Charity begins at home.

54] Where there is whispering there is lying

55] Easier said than done

56] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

57] It’s either not to begin or not to stop once you’ve begun

58] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

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

60] No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself

61] He is lifeless that is faultless

62] Good company on the road is the shortest cut

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

64] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

65] Nothing seek, nothing find

66] The cowl does not make the monk.

67] There is safety in numbers

68] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

69] Beware of a silent man and still water

70] Prove your friend ere you have need

71] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

72] Kind hearts are more than coronets

73] The wisest of the wise may err.

74] One must howl with the wolves

75] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

76] Paddle your own canoe

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

78] A good face is a letter of recommendation

79] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

80] Penny wise, pound foolish

81] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

82] A burnt child dreads the fire

83] From word to deed is a great space

84] The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf

85] Far from eye, far from heart

86] Some are wise and some are otherwise

87] Delays are not denials

88] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

89] Green leaves enhance the charm of the peony flower

90] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent

91] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

92] There is no royal road to learning

93] A merry companion is a wagon on the way

94] A good example is the best sermon

95] Keep your eyes open: a sale is a sale

96] Patience is a virtue

97] Borrowed garments never fit well

98] Once you have been bitten by a snake, even a piece of cord will frighten you.

99] Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone’s garden

100] The mean is the best