Famous Proverbs

1] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

2] He that talks much, errs much

3] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

4] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

5] If wishes were horses, beggars would ride (or might ride)

6] You cannot put a quart into a pint pot

7] Half a word is enough for a wise man

8] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

9] Work won’t kill but worry will.

10] Set a thief to catch a thief

11] A prophet is without honour in his own country

12] Drunkards and fools cannot lie.

13] Conscience does make cowards of us all

14] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

15] Busiest men find the most time

16] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

17] War, hunting and love are as full of trouble as pleasure

18] You can’t tell a book by its cover

19] Call a spade a spade

20] No answer is also an answer

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

22] Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

23] What is deferred is not abandoned

24] History repeats itself

25] The proud will sooner lose than ask the way

26] Many words, many buffets

27] Idle folks have the least leisure

28] Misfortunes never come singly

29] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

30] Envy never enriched any man.

31] What is the good of a sundial in the shade?

32] What is not even scabies, he makes out to be an ulcer

33] One must be a servant before one can be a master

34] First things first

35] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

36] The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

37] The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice

38] Eaten bread is soon forgotten

39] Fair exchange is no robbery

40] A great city, a great solitude

41] Brevity is the soul of wit

42] Nearest the heart comes out first

43] Look after your money and don’t make your neighbour a thief

44] Forecast is better than work-hard

45] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

46] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

47] The tongue talks at the heads cost

48] To know the husband, observe the face of the wife

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

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

51] Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

52] Hunger finds no fault with the cookery

53] Put too much lemon-grass into the curry and you’ll spoil the flavour

54] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

55] It is all in the day’s work

56] The soldier who retreated fifty paces laughed at the one who had fallen back a hundred paces

57] Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

58] Law makers should not be law breakers

59] Give a lie a twenty-four-hour start, and you can never overtake it.

60] Creditors have better memories than debtors

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

62] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

63] A good beginning is half the battle.

64] Names and natures do often agree

65] Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick

66] Cleanliness is next to godliness

67] He that will thrive must rise at five

68] He freezes who does not burn

69] Do it now

70] Youth and age will never agree

71] There is no tree but bears some fruit

72] He that can stay. Obtains

73] What everybody says must be true

74] Who greases his way travels easily

75] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

76] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

77] Never grieve for what you cannot help

78] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

79] Second thoughts are best

80] You cannot have it both ways

81] Every may be has a may not be

82] Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

83] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

84] The highest branch is not the safest roost

85] Ill – gotten goods never prosper

86] Great hopes make great men

87] Do unto others as they should do unto you

88] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

89] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

90] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

91] Judge not, that ye be not judged

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

93] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

94] Better to wear out than rust out

95] Long absent, soon forgotten

96] Remove an old tree and it will wither to death

97] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

98] A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time.

99] When the weather is cold, there is not such thing as dirty clothing

100] Who receives a gift, sells his liberty