401-500 English Proverbs and Sayings Posted by Stranger on 3:02 AM Digg it Bookmark it Stumble it Email to friend

100 English Proverbs and Sayings

401. Hard words break no bones
402. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
403. Harm watch, harm catch
404. Haste makes waste
405. Hasty climbers have sudden falls
406. Hate not at the first harm
407. Hatred is blind, as well as love
408. Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes
409. He begins to die that quits his desires
410. He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue
411. He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
412. He dances well to whom fortune pipes
413. He gives twice who gives in a trice
414. He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes
415. He is a fool that forgets himself
416. He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs
417. He is happy that thinks himself so
418. He is lifeless that is faultless
419. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself
420. He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first
421. He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much
422. He jests at scars that never felt a wound
423. He knows best what good is that has endured evil
424. He knows how many beans make five
425. He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue
426. He laughs best who laughs last
427. He lives long that lives well
428. He must needs swim that is held up by the chin
429. He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil
430. He smells best that smells of nothing
431. He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will
432. He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it
433. He that does you an i!i turn will never forgive you
434. He that fears every bush must never go a-birding
435. He that fears you present wiil hate you absent
436. He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing
437. He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns
438. He that has a full purse never wanted a friend
439. He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it
440. He that has an ill name is half hanged
441. He that has no children knows not what love is
442. He that has He head needs no hat
443. He that has no money needs no purse
444. He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned
445. He that is full of himself is very empty
446. He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody
447. He that is warm thinks all so
448. He that knows nothing doubts nothing
449. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas
450. He that lives with cripples learns to limp
451. He that mischief hatches, mischief catches
452. He that never climbed never fell
453. He that once deceives is ever suspected
454. He that promises too much means nothing
455. He that respects not is not respected
456. He that seeks trouble never misses
457. He that serves everybody is paid by nobody
458. He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages
459. He that spares the bad injures the good
460. He that talks much errs much
461. He that talks much lies much
462. He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut
463. He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay
464. He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
465. He that will thrive, must rise at five
466. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree
467. He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens
468. He who is born a fool is never cured
469. He who hesitates is lost
470. He who likes borrowing dislikes paying
471. He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing
472. He who pleased everybody died before he was born
473. He who says what he likes, shall hear what he doesn't like
474. He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
475. He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell
476. He who would search for pearls must dive below
477. He will never set the Thames on fire
478. He works best who knows his trade
479. Head cook and bottle-washer
480. Health is not valued till sickness comes
481. His money burns a hole in his pocket
482. Honesty is the best policy
483. Honey is not for the ass's mouth
484. Honey is sweet, but the bee stings
485. Honour and profit lie not in one sack
486. Honours change manners
487. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper
488. Hope is the poor man's bread
489. Hunger breaks stone walls
490. Hunger finds no fault with cookery
491. Hunger is the best sauce
492. Hungry bellies have no ears
493. Idle folks lack no excuses
494. Idleness is the mother of all evil
495. Idleness rusts the mind
496. If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him
497. If ifs and ans were pots and pans..
498. If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle
499. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch
500. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks