English Proverbs and Maxims

Proverbs And Maxims
A stitch in time saves nine.(When a thing goes wrong it should be mended at the very beginning or it would cost much time and money afterwards.)
A man is known by the company he keeps.(People will take you for a rogue if you associate with rogues,they will call you good if you mix in good company.)
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.(An inefficient worker,instead of blaming himself,finds fault with his subordinates and instruments or circumstances.)
A rolling stone gathers no moss.(An unsteady man never succeeds.One who is chopping and changing and doesn't settle down will never become wealthy.So says the proverb,but it is not always borne out by facts___and its reverse does not hold true.)
All that glitters is not gold.(Do not be deceived by a glitering exterior.Appearances are often deceptive.)
A friend in need is a friend indeed.(A true friend stands by us in times of adversity.)
Something is better than nothing.(Half a loaf is better than no bread.)
Better alone than in bad company.(It is better for one to remain alone than haunt the society of evil persons."Evil communications corrupt good manners".)
Idleness is the rust of the mind.(A man is spoiled if he does not work.)
Be slow to promise but quick to perform.(You must reflect long before making a promise but when you have once made one you should not delay in acting up to it.)
Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.(Be familiar with everybody,but avoid too much familiarity which breeds contempt.)
Bear and forbear(Endure patiently and avoid being angry.)
Cut your coat according to your cloth.(Regulate your expenses according to your income.)
Change of fortune is the lot of life.(Change of fortune is inevitable.Fortune is like a wheel.when the wheel goes up, we are prosperous;but when it goes down,we are miserable and poor.)
Do to others as you would be done by.(Behave towards others as you wish others to behave towords you.)
Desperate diseases require desperate remedies.(Extreme measures are necessary to put down an evil for which ordinary remedies are ineffectual).
What cannot be cured must be endured.(Try to find a remedy for every difficulty you can,but if you meet with one for which you can find no remedy,then bear it meekly and patiently.)
Empty vessel makes much noise.(a man of no worth brags most.)
Cut off one's nose to spite one's face.(To act from anger in such a way as to injure oneself.)
Blow hot and cold in the same breath.(To appear both to favour and to opoose;to say two contradictory things in the same breath.)
Carry coals to newcastle.(to take something where it is already plentiful.To do what is superfluous.)
Better late than never.(It is better to do a thing even after long delay than not to do it at all.)
As you make your bed,so you must lie.(You must accept and bear the consquences of your own actions.)
Easy come,easy go.(What is acquired without effort is spent without thought.)
Rome was not built in a day.(Great undertakings require time and trouble.one should not  therefore be impatient.)
There are friends and friends.(Neither are all friends true nor are all friends false.)
All his geese are swans.(The phrase is applied to a man who always represents his own possessions as better than similar things which belong to another.
Let sleeping dogs lie.(This phrase is used when men who have quarrelled have allowed their quarrel to go to sleep,__a quarrel which an irritating world would readily revive.
To kill two birds with one stone .(To accomplish two things with one stroke.)
There are wheels within wheels.(The phrase implies secret machinations in a  scheme which do not appeare on the surface.)
Beggars should not be choosers.(Person seeking favours must not dictate to the giver what they like best.)
Example is better than percept.(action is better than teaching.An ounce of practice is better than a ton of theory.A person's moral conduct is more impressive than his teaching.)
Everybody's business is nobody's business.Too many cooks spoil the broth.(a business will not be done properly where nobody is singly and solely responsible for it.)
A full purse never lacks friends.(Friends surround a rich man.)
First deserve,then desire.(Everybody should see first wheather he deserves a particular thing or not;then he should have a desire for it.)
He lacks most who longs most.(He who had numerous wants never has his wishes gratified.)
It is never too late to learn.(We may acquire knowledge at any time and at any age.)
Let every herring hang by its own tail.(Let every one attend to his business.)
Jack of all trades but master of none.)
Look before you leap.First weigh then say.(Consider well before you act.)
Little pitchers have long ears.(Children are listening to what is being said:used in warning.)
Make hay while the sun shines.Strike when the iron is hot.(do not lose an opportunity when it comes.)
Man proposes,God disposes.(Human plans will often fail,but what God has arranged must come to pass.)
There is many s slip betwixt the cup and the lip.(We should not count on any thing it is actually in our grasp.)
Marry in haste,repent at leisure.(If you do a thing rashly, you will have to repent afterwards.)
Prevention is better than cure.(It is better to prevent a misfortune if you can,than to find a remedy for it after it has taken place.)
Praise a fair day at night.(Do not think that circumstances are favourable to you till you have seen the end.)
Patience is a plaster for all sores.(If you have  patience,you will be able to bear all the troubles of life.)
Forgiveness is the noblest revenge.(The way of being revenged upon a man who injures you is to forgive him.)
To err is human,to forgive divine.(Every one is liable to err,but to forgive one who commits a mistake is a god_ like act.)
Out of sight,out of mind.(An absent friend is soon forgotten.)
Saying is one thing,doing another.(Easier said than done.)
Waste not,want not.(If you do not Waste things,you will never be in want.)
Procrastination is the thief of time.(most time is lost by putting off a work till a futute time.)
Strain at a gnat and sawallow a camel.(Most time is lost by putting off a work till a future time.)
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.(To do or say anything that will bring sever punishment.)
Time and tide wait for no man.Take time by the forelock(These sayings point out the folly of procrastination.)
Well begun is half done.(If a work is well begun,it becomes easy to go through with it.)
It never rains but it pours.(When strokes of good or bad fortune come,they come in rapid succession.)

Let the dead past bury its dead.Let bygones be bygones.(It is useless to revive un pleasant memories of the past.)
More haste less speed(Slow and steady wins the race,and the man who is over_hasty always spoils his work and wastes his time.He always does someththing amiss in haste and has to waste much time in mending it.)

There is a silver lining to every sable cloud.(there is always some ray of hope in the darkest condition of affairs.Sweet are the uses adversity.Misfortune,adversity,depresstion however long they last,end in happiness and good fortune."If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?") In for a penny,in for a pound.(In such a position that the penalty, loss,danger chance,or risk is the same, regardless of the degree of responsibility involved;when the enormity of the offence is not followed by a proportionate increase in punishment or risk;seeking the largest profit."As well hanged for a sheep as for a lamb,"as another proverb has it.) Little strokes fell mighty oaks(little by little we achieve great things) Slow and seady wins the race.(slow but sure) Bacchus has drowned more men than neptune.(Wine has killed more men than water.) Barking dogs seldom bite.(Blustering and swaggering bullies do not often carry out their threats."Thundering clouds seldom rain." Creaking doors hang the longest.(Sickly persons very often outlive the strong.) Povert acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.(Nothing stands in the way of companionship among the wretched and needy.) Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.(The reputation of a great man's wife must be without blemish;hence,any one who moves in select circles must be above reproach or too worthy to be suspected of evil.) Every bullet has its billet.(Nothing occurs by chance or is done without some purpose or effect.)