Famous Proverbs

1] He that pities another remembers himself

2] Man cannot live by bread alone

3] Far from eye, far from heart

4] If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

5] Happy is the country (or nation) that has no history

6] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

7] Once a use and ever a custom

8] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

9] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

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

11] It is a foolish bird that soils (or defiles ) its own nest

12] One of these days is none of these days

13] It is lawful to learn even from an enemy

14] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

15] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

16] Of a new prince, new bondage

17] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

18] Vice makes virtue shine

19] After the extreme of cold comes spring

20] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

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

22] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

23] The eye is bigger than the belly

24] A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose

25] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

26] When wine sinks, words swim

27] Comparisons are odious

28] Never refuse a good offer

29] Forgive and forget

30] Creditors have better memories than debtors

31] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

32] Every dog has his (its) day

33] Do it now

34] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

35] Don’t ride the high horse

36] What’s done is done

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

38] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

39] The devil sometimes speaks the truth

40] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

41] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

42] Let like mate with like

43] If your can’t help friend with money, help him at least with a sigh

44] The mob has many heads but no brains

45] There is no royal road to learning

46] Everything must have a beginning

47] The absent party is always to blame.

48] Take the will for the deed

49] Pat any man and dust will fly

50] He is lifeless that is faultless

51] A man with no hands is given a ring.

52] Pride is the mask of one’s own faults

53] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

54] The value of money is having it.

55] Men make houses, women make homes

56] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

57] The leopard cannot change its spots

58] Wise men silent, fools talk

59] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

60] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

61] In peace, prepare for war

62] Man does what he can, and God what he will

63] Excessive politeness is often a cloak for insincerity

64] One lie makes many

65] Put out your tubs when it is raining

66] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

67] Every cloud has a silver lining

68] First impressions are half the battle

69] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

70] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

71] When we sing, everybody hears us; when sigh, nobody hears us

72] Familiarity breeds contempt

73] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

74] A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw

75] Better the last smile than the first laugh

76] We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

77] Forbidden fruit is sweetest

78] Parents are patterns

79] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

80] The absent saint gets no candle

81] A jack of all traders is master of none

82] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

83] Loyalty is worth more than money

84] From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step

85] Procrastination is the thief of time

86] The joy of the heart makes the face fair.

87] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

88] A man may say too much, even up on the best subjects

89] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

90] Wrong never comes right

91] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

92] Waste is not grandeur

93] God helps those who help themselves

94] Don’t cry stinking fish

95] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

96] Lavishness is not generosity

97] Alms never make poor

98] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

99] A wise man cares not for what he cannot have

100] There is no redemption from hell