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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

知足是人生在世最大的幸事。

——Joseph Addison（美国作家艾迪生）

2、If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. 要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。

——Benjamin Franklin（美国总统富兰克林）

3、If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend,

experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.

如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。 ——Thomas Edison（美国发明家爱迪生）

4、Health is certainly more valuable than money,

because it is by health that money is procured.

健康当然比金钱更为重要，因为我们所赖以获得金钱的就是健康。

——Samuel Johnson（英国作家约翰逊）

5、That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest. 能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。

——Henry David Thoreau（美国作家梭罗）

6、Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. 有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。

——Albert Einstein（美国科学家爱因斯坦）

7、Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success. 意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。

——Louis Pasteur（法国化学家巴斯勒）

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8、All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。

——Voltaire（法国思想家伏尔泰）

9、There is a great different between exposure of

the mind and that of the body.

表露思想和展露身体之间存在极大的不同。

——William Hazlitt（英国批评家散文家哈滋里特）

10、To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive,

and the true success is to labor.

怀着希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于工作。

——Robert Louis Stevenson（英国作家史蒂文森）

11、The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.

一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。

——John Burroughs（美国博物学家巴勒斯）

12、I might say that success is won by three things:

first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力，努力，再努力。

——Thomas Hardy（英国诗人小说家哈代）

13、Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. 成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。

——Charles Montesquieu（法国思想家孟德斯鸠）

14、Only those who have the patience to do simple things

perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. 只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举的完成困难的事。

——Friedrich Schiller（德国剧作家诗人席勒）

15、You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. 你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。

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——Charles Chaplin（美国演员卓别林）

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A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

无论何事，只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。

——C. M. Schwab（美国实业家施瓦布）

17、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.

凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。

——Bonapart Napoleon（法国皇帝拿破仑）

18、Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。

——Emerson（美国思想家爱默生）

20、Our destiny offers not the cup of despair,

but the chalice of opportunity.

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

——Richard Nixon（美国总统尼克松）

21、Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. 奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命的努力。

——C. Weizmann（爱尔兰总统魏茨曼）

22、It never will rain roses.（名人名言 ）

When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.

天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。

——G. Eliot（英国小说家艾略特）

23、If you have great talents, industry will improve them;

if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。 ——Joshuas Reynolds（美国散文家雷诺兹）

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24、Great works are performed not by strength , but by perseverance. 完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。

——Samuel Johnson（英国作家和评论家约翰逊）

25、Genius only means hard-working all one's life.

天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。

——Mendeleyev（俄国化学家门捷列耶夫）

26、Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will ,

rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.

事情很少又根本做不成的；其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是由于决心不够。 ——（La Racheforcauld（法国作家罗切福考尔德）

27、Dare and the world always yields.

If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.

大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服地。 ——W.M Thackeray（英国小说家萨克雷）

28、All that you do, do with your might; t

hings done by halves are never done right.

做一切事情都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行。

——R.H. Stoddard（美国诗人斯托达德）

29、A man can fail many times,

but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. 一个人可以失败多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。 ——J.Burroughs（美国博物学家巴勒斯）

30、You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. 从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。

——Norman Douglas（英国作家道格拉斯）

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31、The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today。

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

——Franklin Roosevelt（美国总统罗斯福）

32、The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. 具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。

——Mark Twain（美国作家马克？吐温）

33、The important thing in life is to have a great aim,and the determination to attain it.

人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。

——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe（德国诗人、剧作家歌德）

34、Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

人世间的大多数烦恼都是由那些想成为重要人物的人惹出来的。

——George Eliot（英国小说家艾略特）

35、If you doubt yourself,

then indeed you stand on shaky ground.

如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。

——Ibsen（挪威剧作家易卜生）

36、Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal,

there is no secure direction; without direction ,there is no life. 理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；

没有方向，就没有生活。 ——Leo Tolstory（俄国作家托尔斯泰）

37、Ideal are like the stars --- we never reach them ,

but like mariners , we chart our course by them.

理想犹如天上的星星，我们犹如水手，虽不能达到天上，

但是我们的航程可凭借它指引。

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——Carl Schurz（美国政治家舒尔茨）

38、Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted. 人生应该树立目标，否则你的精神会白白浪费。

——R. Peters（美国法学家彼得斯）

39、Don't part with yourxxxs, When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。

——Mark Twain（马克 吐温）

40、Do not, for one repulse,

give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.

不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的。

——Willian Shakespeare（莎士比亚）

41、Between the ideal and the reality,Between the motion and the act, Fall the shadow.

理想与现实之间，动机与行为之间，总有一道阴影。

——Thomas Stearns Eliot（T.S.爱略特）

42、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

只要有一个人还有所追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。 ——J. Barrymore（巴里穆尔）

1. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

2. A common danger causes common action. 同舟共济。

3. A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast. 知足常乐。

4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

5. A guest should suit the convenience of the host. 客随主便。

6. A letter from home is a priceless treasure. 家书抵万金。

7. All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。

8. All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。

9. An applea day keeps the doctor away. 一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。 6

10. As heroesthink, so thought Bruce. 英雄所见略同。

11. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

12. Behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。

13. Bad luck often brings good luck. 塞翁失马，安知非福。

14. Bread is the stall of life. 面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)

15. Business is business. 公事公办。

16. Clumsy birds have to start flying early. 笨鸟先飞。

17. Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪。

18. Custom makes all things easy. 习惯成自然。

19. Desire has no rest. 人的欲望无止境。

20. Difficult the first time, easy the second. 一回生，二回熟。

21. Do not change horses in mid-stream. 别在河流中间换马。

22. Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。

23. Do not pull all your eggs in one basket. 别把所有的蛋都放在一个篮子里。(不要孤注一掷。)

24. Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

25. East or west, home is the best. 东奔西跑，还是家里好。

26. Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。

27. Fact is stranger than fiction. 事实比虚构更离奇。(大千世界，无奇不有。)

28. Faith can move mountains. 信念能移山。(精诚所至，金石为开。)

29. First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。

30. Give as good as one gets. 一报还一报。(以德报德，以怨还怨。)

31. Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。

32. Good wine needs no bush. 酒香不怕巷子深。

33. Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。(忙中常出错。)

34. He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。

35. He who has an art has everywhere a part. 一招鲜，吃遍天。

36. He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行始于足下。

37. Home is where the heart is. 心在哪里，哪里就是家。

38. If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking. 不在屋里，不知漏雨。(亲身经历才有体会。)

39. In peace prepare for war. 平时准备战时。(居安思危。)

40. It is never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

41. It six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。

42. Just has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

43. Keep something for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪。

44. Life is a span. 人生如朝露。

45. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。

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46. Meet plot with plot. 将计就计。

47. Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。

48. Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。

49. Never hit a man when he is down. 不要落井下石。

50. Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。

51. No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

52. Nurture passes nature. 教养胜过天性。

53. One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

54. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。(一花独放不是春。)

55. One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers. 曾经沧海难为水。

56. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦。

57. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

58. Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

59. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功。)

60. Sense comes with age. 老马识途。

61. So many men, so many minds. 人心各不同。

62. Some thing is learned every time a book is opened. 开卷有益。

63. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。

64. The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there. 车到山前必有路。

65. The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。

66. The older the wiser. 人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)

67. The worse luck now, the better another time. 风水轮流转。

68. Thoughts are free from toll. 思想不用交税。(人人都可以自由思考。)

69. Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。

70. Use legs and have legs. 经常用腿，健步如飞。

71. Virtue never grows old. 美德常青。

72. Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。

73. What is done cannot be undone. 覆水难收。

74. Wine in, truth out. 酒后吐真言。

75. You are only young once. 青春只有一次。

76. You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不可两头燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)

77. You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。(事难两全其美。)

78. You never know till you have tried. 事非经过不知难。

79. Youth will be served. 青春好作乐。

80. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 无知的狂热是脱缰的野马。

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A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠总怪工具差。

A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield. 勇者可能跌倒，但不会屈服。

A burnt child dreads the fire. 烧伤过的孩子怕见火。（意同：一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草绳）

A constant guest is never welcome. 常客招人嫌。

A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足长乐。

A cracked bell can never sound well. 破钟敲不响。

A drowning man will catch at a straw.人快淹死时稻草也要抓

A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。

A fox may grow grey, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

A friend in need is a friend in indeed. 患难识知已

A friend is easier lost than found. 失友容易，交友难。

A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端是成功一半

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友，情谊永不渝

A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤

A good name is sooner lost than won. 美名易失，不易得

A good wife is a good prize.贤妻赛宝石

A good winter brings a good summer. 好冬必有好夏

A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭不睦，万事不兴

A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少时懒惰，老来虱咬（意指：少壮不努力，老大徒悲伤）

A little help is worth a deal of pity.一点帮助胜于一车同情。

A little is better than none. 聊胜于无

A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人

A little pot is soon hot. 壶小易热，量小易怒

A living dog is better than a dead lion. 死狮不如活狗

A man can only die once.人生只有一回死

A man is known by his friends. 视其友，知其人

A man who has friends must show himself friendly. 要想交朋友，就得有诚意

A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，万事顺利

A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里

A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火

A penny saved is a penny earned. 省一文就得一文

A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔

A secret between more than two is no secret.三人知,天下晓

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海不能造就出熟练的水手。

A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言为智

A stitch in time saves nine. 一针及时省九针

A straw will show which way the wind blows. 草动知风向

A tale never loses in the telling. 故事越传越长

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物，回味无穷

A thing you don't want is dear at any price.不需要的东西最贵

A true jest is no jest. 真笑话并非笑话

A useful trade is amine of gold. 一技在身犹如金矿在手

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A willful man must have his way. 只要人有恒，万事皆可成

A woman's work is never done. 妇女的家务事永远也做不完

A wonder lasts but nine days. 什么新奇的事，也新不了几天

A word to the wise is enough. 聪明人一点即明

A work ill done must be twice done. 马虎干活，准得返工

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 别离情更深

Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.业精于勤，荒于嬉。 Actions speak louder than words. 百说不如一干。

Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境增才干不增财富

After a storm comes a calm. 雨过天晴（意指：否极泰来）

After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 饭后百步，延年益寿

All are not friends that speak us fair.当面说好话的并不都是朋友。

All his geese are swans. 敝帚自珍

All is not gain that is got into the purse .装进钱包里的不一定都是收益。

All lay loads on a willing horse. 好马重负

All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马

All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西不一定是金子

All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事起头难

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只用功，不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻 All's well that ends well. 结果好，一切都好

Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。（意同：山中无老虎，猴子称大王）

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一苹果胜过找医生

An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空袋子，立不直

An Englishman's house is his castle. 英国人的家是独立王国。（意指：非经许可，不得进入） An evil lesson is soon learned. 恶习易染

An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙

As good lost as found .有得必有失。

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Bad excuses are worse than none. 狡辩比不辩护还糟

Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人

Be just before you are generous. 先还债，后慷慨

Beauty and folly are often companions. 美貌和愚蠢常结伴

Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了

Beggars' bags are bottomless. 乞丐不知足

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.虽眼见亦不能全信，道听途说更不足信。 Best is cheapest. 好货最便宜

Better buy than borrow. 买比借好

Better early than late. 宁早勿晚

Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery. 宁可空而有志，不可富而失节 Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好

Better lose the saddle than the horse. 宁可丢鞍，不可失马

Better the last smile than the first laughter.宁可最后笑，不要首先狂喜。

Better to wear out than rust out. 与其锈坏，不如用坏

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Between two stools you fall to the ground. 脚踩两条凳，早晚要坠地（意同：脚踏两条船，两头要落空）

Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分

Birth is much, but breeding is more. 教养重于出身。

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 无奢望者有福，因其永不失望。

Blood is thicker than water.血比水浓（意指：亲人总比外人亲）

Books and friends should be few but good. 买书如交友应少而精（书与友，贵精不贵多） Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵

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Cheats never prosper. 靠欺骗，难发财

Children and fools tell the truth. 孩子和傻子，口中无诈语

Children should be seen but not be heard. 大人在讲话，小孩别插嘴

Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye. 择妻靠耳，不靠眼

Circumstances alter cases. 具体情况具体分析

Cleanliness is next to godliness. 整洁近于美德

Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings. 早晨云遮日，晚上星满天

Comfort is better than pride. 舒适胜于虚荣

Coming events cast their shadows before.未来之事必有前兆

Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石

Content is better than riches. 知足胜于财富

Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有则改之，无则加勉

Courtesy costs nothing. 彬彬有礼，惠而不费

Cowards die many times before their deaths. 胆小鬼在真正断气之前要死许多次。 Custom rules the law. 风俗左右法律

Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量布裁衣。（意指：量入为出）

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Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会告密

Death is the great leveler. 死亡面前人人平等

Death pays all debts. 一死了百债

Delays are dangerous. 事怕延误

Diamond cut diamond. 棋逢对手，将遇良才

Diligence is the mother of good luck. 勤力佳运之母

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 鸡蛋尚未孵，别先数鸡雏（意指：不要过早打如意算盘）

Do not cry for the moon. 海底捞月办不到

Do not cry out before you are hurt. 没受伤，别乱喊

Do not keep all the eggs in one basket. 不要孤注一掷

Do not rob Peter to pay Paul. 不要挖肉补疮

Do not try to teach your grandmother to such eggs.不要班门弄斧

Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残

Doing nothing is doing ill. 无所事事，必干坏事

Don’t cut down the tree that gives you shade.遮荫之树不可砍

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Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.不要做害人害已的事

Don’t quarrel with your bread and butter.不要砸自己的“饭碗”

Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置

Dreams go by contraries. 梦与现实常相反

Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑巴狗最危险

Dying is as natural as living. 有生必有死

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Early sow, early mow. 早种早收

Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 睡得早，起得早，聪明、富裕、身体好

Easier said than done. ;说来容易，做来难

East or west, home is best. 东也好，西也好，还是家最好

Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快

Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人为生而食，不为食而生

Empty vessels make the most noise. 满瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡

Envy never enriched any man. 妒忌决不会致富

Even a worm will turn. 人急造反，狗急跳墙

Every bean hath its black. 人孰无过

Every bird likes its own nest the best. 金窝银窝不如自己的草窝

Every cook praises his own broth. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸

Every dog has its day. 凡人皆有得意日

Every little helps. 涓涓细流汇成河，粒粒稻菽堆满箩

Every little makes a mickle. 积少成多，滴水成流

Every man hath his weak side. 人皆有弱点

Every man is his won enemy. 自贻伊戚

Every why has a where fore. 凡事必有因

Everybody's business is nobody's business.众人的事儿没人管

Everything comes to him who waits. 耐心等待，万事皆成

Everything is good when new, but friends when old.物莫如新，友莫如故

Example is better than precept. 身教胜过言教

Experience is the best teacher. 经验是良师

Experience is the father of wisdom. 经验是智慧之父

Experience must be bought. 要取得经验，须付出代价

Extremes are dangerous. 凡事走向极端是危险的

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Face to face, the truth comes out. 面对面，真相白

Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩

Failure teaches success. 失败是成功之母

False friends are worse than bitter（open）enemies. 口蜜腹剑的朋友比不共戴天的敌人还坏。（意同：明枪易躲，暗箭难防）

Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不念

Far water does not put out near fire. 远水救不了近火

Fast bind, fast find. 藏得好，丢不了

Fine feathers make fine birds. 佛要金装，人要衣装

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Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水火是忠仆，也能成灾主 First come, first served. 先到先招待

First impressions are most lasting. 最初的印象最深刻

Fools build houses and wise men live in them.愚者造房,智才租房

Fool's haste is no speed. 欲速则不达

Forbidden fruit is sweetest. 禁果格外甜

Fortune favours the brave. 天佑勇者

Fortune favours those who use their judgement. 智才天助

Fortune knocks once at everyone's door.人人都有走运的一天

Four eyes see more than two. 四只眼睛总比两只眼睛看得清

Fourtune favours fools. 傻子有傻福

Friendship should not be all on one side. 友谊靠双方

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Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只总味着终身不懈的努力。 Give him an inch and he will take a yard. 得寸进尺

Give him the dose of his own medicine以其人之道还治其人之身

Go while the going is good. 此时不走，更待何时？

God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助

Gold will not buy everything. 金钱并非万能

Good advice is beyond price.忠言是无价之宝

Good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳

Good counsel has no price. 忠言无价

Good health is above wealth. 健康胜过财富

Good words are worth much and cost little. 好话不花钱，一句值千金 Grasp all, lose all. 欲尽得，必尽失

Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同

Great trees keep down the little ones.大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米

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Habit is second nature. 习惯是第二天性

Half a loaf is better than no bread半个面包总比没有好（意同：聊胜于无）. Handsome is that handsome does.以美貌亦美。

Harm watch, harm catch. 害人反害已

Haste makes waste. 忙中有错

He is happy that he thinks himself so.自乐者常乐

He is only bright that shines by himself.真正的漂亮靠自身的光彩。 He is rich that has few wants. 无欲者为富

He knows most who speaks least. 博学者寡言

He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好

He that begins many things , finishes but few. 贪多嚼不烂

He that falls today may rise tomorrow.今天跌倒的人，明天可能会站起来。 He that is full of himself is very empty. 妄自尊大，腹中空空

He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登

He that travels far knows much. 远行者，见识广（广游者见识多）

He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick. 想要打狗，找棍何愁 13

He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. 耻于问即耻于学

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.

He who plays with fire gets burnt. 玩火者必自焚

He who rides on a tiger can never dismount. 骑虎难下

Health is better than wealth健康胜于财富.

Hear all parties. 兼听则明，偏听则暗

Hedges have eyes and walls have ears. 篱笆有眼，墙壁长耳

Home is where the heart is. 哪里最欢乐，那里就是家

Honesty is the best policy. 诚实乃上策

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. 抱最好的希望，作最坏的准备

Humour must have its background of seriousness.幽默必须以严肃为背景。

Hunger is the best sauce. 饥者口中尽佳肴

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Idleness is the root of all evil. 懒惰是万恶之源

If a man once fall, all will tread on him. 人倒众人踩

If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人若无希望，心碎肝肠断

If we can’t do as we would, we must do as we can.如不能如愿而行，定须尽力而为。 If we dream, everything is possible.敢于梦想，一切都将成为可能

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 同时追两兔，全都抓不住。

If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.要想真正做一件事，就得亲手去做。 Ill news flies apace. 恶事传千里

In books are embalmed the greatest thoughts. 古今伟大思想均载于书籍之中。 In for a penny, in for a pound. 一不做，二不休

In our expenditure the item that costs most is time.在我们的消费中时间是最昂贵的一项。 In the deepest water is the best fishing. 水深好钓鱼

In the end, things will mend. 车到山前必有路

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor. 蠢羊才向狼忏悔

It is better to be alone than in bad company. 宁可孤独，不交恶友

It is better to do well than to say well. 与其夸夸其谈，不如埋头苦干

It is easier to get money than to keep it.. 挣钱容易，积钱难

It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水好摸鱼

It is good to have friends in trouble.患难得友是幸事。

It is never too late to learn. 活到老，学到老

It is never too late to mend. 改过不嫌晚

It is no use crying over spilt milk. 牛奶打泼，哭也无用（意同：覆水难收）

It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事起头难

It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen. 失马锁慨，为时已晚 It never rains but it pours. 不下则已，一下倾盆

It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响

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Jack of all trades, master of none. 样样皆通，样样稀松

Joy surfeited turns to sorrow. 乐极生悲

Judge not a book by its cover. 评价一本书，不能凭封面

Judge not from appearance. 人不可貌相

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Judge not of men and things at first sight. 初次印象,难得真相

Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏

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Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.少说为佳,多听为妙

Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs. 杀鸡取蛋，愚蠢荒唐

Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕

Kiss and be friends. 吵嘴后，和为贵

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age. 少时有知识，老来有智慧

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知识是宝库，实践是钥匙

Knowledge is no burden. 知识再多不压身。

Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量

Knowledge is the food of the soul. 知识是精神食粮。

Knowledge makes humble; ignorance make proud. 知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲

Knowledge requires repeated explorations, and farmland needs intensive cultivation.知识需要反复探索,土地需要辛勤耕耘。

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Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. 欢笑，整个世界伴你欢笑。哭泣，只有你独自向隅而泣

Lay things by, they many come to use蓄物必有其用。

Learning is the eye of the mind.知识是心灵的慧眼。

Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse. 好人越学越好，坏人越学越糟 Learn not, and know not. 不学则无术

Learn to say before you sing. 先学说，后学唱

Least said, soonest mended. 少说为佳

Let beggars match with beggars. 龙配龙，凤配凤

Let bygones be bygones. 既往不咎

Lies have short legs. 谎言终究要败露

Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并非尽是乐事

Lightly come, lightly go. 来得容易，去得快

Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子

Little and often fills the purse. 小钱积成万，粒粮堆成山

Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.涓滴之水汇成洋

Long absent, soon forgotten. 别久情疏

Look at the bright side. 满怀信心

Look before you leap. 三思而后行

Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清，当局者迷

Lost time is never found again. 光阴一去不复返

Love can neither be bought nor sold; its only prices is love. 爱情不能买和卖，只能以爱来报答

Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的

Love me little, love me long. 细水长流，淡交长久

Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌

Lovers' quarrels are soon mended. 夫妻无隔宿之仇

Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge. 邻居无论多好，围篱不可推倒

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Make hay while the sun shines. 趁晴晒草（意同：趁热打铁）

Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天

Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.人往高出走，水往低处流。 Manners make the man. 观其待人而知其人

Many drops make a shower. 涓涓清泉汇成流，滴滴水珠聚成雨

Many hands make light work. 人多好办事

Marry in haste, repent at leisure. 结婚太急，后悔莫及（意指：草率结婚必后悔） Men learn while they reach. 教学相长。

Men make houses, women make homes. 男人盖房，女人持家

Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散

Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce. 灾来如山倒，灾去如抽丝 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难识知交

Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot. 祸来如飞行，祸去似步行

Misfortunes never come singly. 祸不单行

Money breeds money. 钱生钱，利滚利

Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源

More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达

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Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母

Need makes the old wife trot. 事急老妪跑

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. 别借债，莫放债

Never buy a pig in a poke. 东西没看清，不要急着买

Never cross a bridge till you come to it. 还没到桥头，别为过桥愁

Never do things by halves. 凡事不可半途而废

Never hit a man when he's down. 不要落井下石

Never judge from appearances. 人不可貌相

Never light your candle at both ends. 蜡烛切莫两头点（意指：不可过分消耗体力） Never make a mountain of a molehill. 切勿小题大做

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今天能够做的事，切莫拖延到明天 Never say "die"; up, man, and try. 千难万险不灰心，昂首阔步向前进

New brooms sweep clean. 新官上任三把火

No bees, no honey; no work, no money. 无蜂则无蜜，不劳则无酬

No cross, no crown. 没有苦难，就没有快乐

No fool like an old fool. 老糊涂，最糊涂

No gains without pains. 不劳则无获

No man is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之，乃学而知之

No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息

No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获

No road is long with good company. 旅途有好伴,千里不觉长

No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前，无路不通

Nobody's enemy but his own. 自寻苦恼

Nothing is cheap if you don't want it.不要的东西,再便宜也贵

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只怕有心人

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Nothing seek, nothing find.无所求则无所获。

Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子

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Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师

Of nothing comes nothing. 巧妇难为无米之炊

Of two evils choose the less. 两害相权取其轻

Once a thief, always a thief. 一次做贼，永远做贼

Once bitten, twice shy. 一次被咬，下次胆小

One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 人竭其力，汝享其成

One flower makes no garland. 一朵鲜花，难做花环

One man's fault is another man's lesson. 前车之覆，后车之鉴

One should eat to live, not live to eat.人应为生而食，不应为食而生。

One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏

One today is worth two tomorrow. 把握一个今天，胜似两个明天

Other times, other manners. 时移俗易

Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不念

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Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记

Pain past is pleasure. 苦尽甘来

Pardon all men, but never thyself. 严以律已，宽以待人

Penny wise, pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂（意同：抓了芝麻，丢了西瓜） Plenty is no plague. 多多益善

Poverty is the mother of health. 贫穷是健康之母

Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧

Practise what you preach. 躬行已说，身体力行

Prevention is better than cure. 与其补救于已然，不如防止于未然

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Ragged colts may make fine horses. 别看小狗现在丑，长大可能成骏马

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man .阅读使人渊博，会谈使 人机敏，写作使人严谨。

Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的灯塔

Remove an old tree and it will wither to death. 老树移栽活不了，老人迁居命不长 Rome was not build in a day罗马非朝夕建成.

Roses have thorns. 玫瑰好看却有刺

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Sadness and gladness succeed one another.乐极生悲,苦尽甘来

Satan always finds work for idle hands. 魔鬼专坑懒鬼

Saving is getting. 节约等于增加收入

Say nothing, think the more. 多思寡言

Saying and doing are two things. 说是一回事，做又是一回事

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 你帮我，我帮你

Second thoughts are best. 三思而后行

Seeing is believing. 眼见为实

Self do, self have. 自作自受

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Share and share alike. 有福同享，有难同当

Short pleasure, long lament. 痛快一时，痛苦一世

Silence gives consent. 沉默不许，就是默许

Slow and steady wins the race. 慢而稳，赛必胜

So many countries, so many customs. 国家不一，风俗各异

So many men, so many minds. 人心不同，各如其面

Soft fire makes sweet malt. 文火煮饴糖，香甜又可口（意指：慢工出细活）

Something attempted, something done.有所尝试，就等于有所作为。

Soon got, soon spent. 来得容易，去得快

Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快

Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器

Speech is silver; silence is golden. 雄辩是银，沉默是金

Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声

Standers-by see more than gamesters. 当局者迷，旁观者清

Still waters run deep. 流静水深，人静心深

Stolen fruit is sweetest. 偷来的果子分外甜

Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁

Sweet are the uses of adversity. 祸兮福之所倚

Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.话若投机嫌日短

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"The grapes are sour", as the fox said when he could not reach them. 狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸

Take away my good name, take away my life. 夺去了美名也就夺去了生命

Take honour from me and my life is done. 没有了名誉也就没有了生命

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. 用枪打蝴蝶，小题大做（意同：杀鸡焉用牛刀） Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到

Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风

Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长

The bait hides the hook. 饵中必有诈

The best mirror is an old friend. 老友是明镜

The cheap buyer takes bad meat便宜无好货.

The course of true love never did run smooth. 爱情之路，崎岖不平

The day has eyes, the night has ears.若要人不知，除非已莫为

The early bird catches the worm. 鸟儿起得早，蚯蚓吃得到

The end makes all equal. 死神面前，人人平等

The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. 烈火炼真金，逆境炼壮士（火对金子是考验；逆境对人是磨炼。）

The fool does think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.愚者自以为智，智者自知其愚。

The fox may grow grey, but never good. ;江山易改，本性难移

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，所见不广

The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要为之奋斗，未来就会变成现在。 The great thieves punish the little ones. 大贼罚小贼（意同：大鱼吃小鱼）

The higher up, the greater the fall. 爬得越高，跌得越重

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The lazy man's the beggar's brother. 懒鬼是乞丐的兄弟

The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本性难移

The longest day must have an end. 天虽长，必有尽

The love of money is the root of all evil. 贪财是万恶之源

The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance. 知识越广博，越感已无知 The more haste, the less speed. 欲速则不达。

The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 傻瓜越富越蠢

The more we read, the more we discover our ignorance.书读得越多，越感到学识之不足。 The more you have, the more you want. 越有钱，越贪心

The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend.最宝贵的财富是明智而忠实的朋友。

The nearer the church, the farther from God. 离教堂越近，离上帝越远

The proof of the pudding is in the eating . 实践出真知

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.人的正确功能是生活，而不是生存。

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. 痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫为自己是否幸福而烦恼。

The wealth of the mind the only wealth.精神财富才是惟一的财富。

The world is his who enjoys it.世界属于热爱世界的人。

The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.缺乏一件东西，才知道这的可贵。 The years teach much which the days never know.学问积年而成，而每日不自知。 There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。

Time gives good advice. 时间给予金玉良言。

Time works wonders.时间能创造奇迹。

Two heads are better than one. 两人智慧胜一人。

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Under water, famine; under snow, bread. 洪水造饥馑，瑞雪兆丰年

Union is strength. 团结就是力量

Use makes perfectness. 熟能生巧

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Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 欲钓大鱼，先舍小鱼

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。

Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝

Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远胜于美貌

Virtue is its own reward. 善有善报（意指：德行的酬报就是德行本身）

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Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳

Wash your dirty linen at home家丑不可外扬.

Waste not, want not. 俭则不匮

Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪费时间就是掠夺自己。

Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea; experience, gathered together, becomes knowledge. 水滴汇集成大海，经历汇集成学问。

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does. 判断一个人，不听言语看行动 We never know the value of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵

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We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough. 年华没虚度，一生也足矣。 Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁

Wealth is best known by want. 人穷方知钱可贵

Well begun is half done. 良好的开端，是成功的一半

What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知,除非已莫为

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push. 墙倒众人推

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm. 孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸 When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗

When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞 When the cat is away, the mice will play猫儿不在，鼠儿成精.

When wine sinks, words swim. 美酒一下肚，话匣关不住

Where there is a will there is a way. 有志者，事竟成

Where there is smoke, there is fire. 无风不起浪（事出有因）

Where there's life there's hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

Will is power. 意志就是力量

Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了求得智慧，代价再高也值得。 Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于头脑，犹如健康之于躯体。 Wise men are silent; fools talk.智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝

Wise men change their minds; fools never do. 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用

Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理

Without hard work there won’t be any scientific creations.没有艰苦劳动就常有科学创造。 Words are but wind, but seeing is believing. 耳听为虚，眼见为实

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You are never too old to learn. 学习不嫌老

You cannot have everything in this life. 万事如意古来难。

You can't see the wood for the trees.见树不见林，问题难看清

You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓

Youth and age will never agree. 老少难相投

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Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢

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