Famous Proverbs

1] Custom reconciles us to everything

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

3] Love delights in praise

4] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

5] A little learning is dangerous thing

6] Dying is as natural as living

7] He knows on which side his bread is buttered

8] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

9] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

10] The early bird catches the worm

11] He is lifeless that is faultless

12] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

13] At open doors, dogs come in

14] Death is the grand leveler

15] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

16] Great actions speak minds

17] You may know by a handful the whole sack

18] Ill gotten, ill spent

19] Stolen sweets are sweeter

20] Valour delights in the test

21] A mouse may help a lion

22] Every light has its shadow

23] Too much money makes one mad

24] Little things are great to little men

25] It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none

26] You can be head a man but you can’t shut his mouth

27] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

28] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

29] Black will take no other hue

30] Use makes mastery

31] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

32] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

33] Choose neither women nor linen by candlelight.

34] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

35] Praise no man till he is dead.

36] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

37] If you want peace, prepare for war

38] Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

39] Naturally the same beans from the same bin.

40] When the melon is ripe, it will drop by itself

41] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

42] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

43] He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.

44] What the king wills, that the law wills

45] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

46] Spend not where you may save, spare not where you must spend

47] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

48] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

49] Those who live near water know the nature of fish; those who live near hills know the calls of birds

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

51] Tomorrow never comes

52] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

53] All things are easy, that are done willingly

54] Dreams go by contraries

55] Every commodity has its discommodity

56] Hunger is the teacher of many

57] He that talks much, errs much

58] Better the foot slip than the tongue

59] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

60] The mob has many heads but no brains

61] All things that great men do are well done

62] The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching

63] They brag most who can do least

64] Covetousness brings nothing home

65] Choose your neighbour before your house and your companion before the road.

66] Death does not recognize strength

67] As long lives a merry man as a sad

68] Gluttony kills more than the sword

69] It is best to be on the safe side

70] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

71] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

72] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

73] All things that great men do are well done

74] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

75] Manners make the man

76] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

77] Dead men tell no tales

78] A straw will show which way the wind blows.

79] He that wants health wants all

80] Children should be seen and not heard

81] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

82] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

83] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

84] Time has wings

85] Rust wastes more than use

86] Old foxes want no tutors

87] When the butcher has already killed your pig, it is useless to discuss with him the price

88] Threatened folk live long

89] The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

90] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

91] It is a blind goose that comes to the fox’s sermon

92] An occasion lost cannot be redeemed

93] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

94] He laughs best who laughs last

95] Self do, self have

96] Better to ask the way than go astray.

97] He knows which side his bread is buttered

98] He who spends before he thrives will beg before he thinks

99] An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head

100] The beaten road is the safest