
1 ) He who has health has hope. 留得青山在,不怕柴
2 ) Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow.
自由就是在法律允下的下有做任何事
3 ) Two heads are better than one. 三臭皮匠,一葛亮
4 ) Misery loves company. (It never rains but pours.) 不行
5 ) It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.得和平而掉
6 ) God’s mill grinds slow but sure. 天恢恢,疏而不漏
7 ) It takes all sorts to make a world. 一米百人(世界是形形色色的人所成的)
8 ) There are two sides to every question.
每都有正反面看法 (公公有,婆婆有)
9 ) Rome was not built in one day.不是一天造成的
10) Self-trust is the first secret of success.自信是成功的第一
11) Every man has his taste.人各有所好
12) Experience is the extract of suffering. 是由痛苦中粹取出的
13) Imagination is more important than knowledge.想像力比知更重要
14) Words cut more than swords. 舌利於刀
15) The leopard cannot change his spots. / Leopards cannot change their spots.
江山易改,本性移
16) The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 心的富才是唯一真正的富
17) Love makes the world go round(turn around). 使世界
18) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼出西施
19) Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in same direction.
不在於彼此相
20) Failure is the mother of success. / Failure teaches success.失乃成功之母
21) Life is not merely living but living in health.生活不只要活,而且要活的健康
22) There is no rose without a thorn. 朵朵玫瑰皆有刺 (有十全十美的人生)
23) What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.
人真正珍惜的是未得到的,而不是所有的
24) Trust men and they will be true to you. 相信他,他才你忠( 信人者人信之)
25) An eye for an eye, and we will all go blind. 以牙牙,俱 (以眼眼使我全都瞎眼)
26) A bad penny always comes back. 有
27) Pardon is the most glorious revenge. 恕是最大的.
28) Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.保持耐性是痛苦的,但它的果是甜美的
29) He who has hope has everything. ..有希望的人有一切
30) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. 有成大事
31) Time flies. 光逝
32) Time is money. 就是金
33) Tomorrow never comes.明天永不
34) Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧
35) Unity is strength.就是力量
36) Knowledge is power.知就是力量
37) Might is right. 就是公理
38) Live and learn. 活到老,到老
39) Haste makes waste. 欲速不
40) Seeing is believing. 百不如一
41) An uncut gem goes not sparkle.玉不琢,不成器。
42) It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 者俊。
43) Sow nothing, reap nothing. 功不受 。
44) A word once spoken can never be recalled. 一言既出,追。
45) To entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不泰山。
46) While the grass grows the horse starves. 水解不了近渴 。
47) If you live with a lame person you will learn to limp. 近朱者赤 近墨者黑。
48) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今日事今日
49) Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard. 得寸尺
50) It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施比受更有福
Absence and Presence(在不在)
1.Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones. 削小,增添大。
2. Absence is mother of disillusion. 疏是悟之母。
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小情更。小新婚。
4. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚益切,情更深。.
5. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 肉身不在,精神不死。永垂不朽
6. Far from eye, far from heart. 眼,心。 眼不,心不念。
7. He that fears you present will hate you absent. 在你面前怕你的人,在你背後恨你。
8. If a person is away, his right is away. [Moorish Proverb] 人若不在,他的利就失。(摩)
9. Long absence changes a friend. 久朋友。
10. Long absent, soon forgotten. 久情疏。
11. Man are best loved farthest off. 相隔最的人最人疼。
12. Out of sight, out of mind. OR
Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不,心不念。
13. Salt water and absence wash away love. 久,恩情疏。
14. The absent are always in the wrong. 人背後人,哪人前不人。
15. The absent are never with fault, nor the present without excuse.
缺席者有不,出席者也不有藉口。
16. When the cat’s away, the mice will play. 不在,老鼠做怪。王不在,小鬼做怪。
17. Who takes a lion when he is absent, fears a mouse present. 。
趁子不在取而代之者, 怕老鼠的存在。
18. Never try to prove what nobody doubts.此地三百。
Actions and Words (行空)
1. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
一光不做的人好像一花,面都是野草。
2. A word before is worth two behind. 事前一句事後句
3. A wod is enough to the wise. 智者一就明
4. A word spoken is an arrow let fly.一言既出,如箭射出。
5. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行是知的卓越果。
6. Better to sail slowly than not to sail at all. 完全停不前不如慢慢向前。
7. Brave actions never want a trumpet. 英勇的行永不需要吹。
8. Business is the salt of life; business and action strengthen the brain.
商是生命之,商和行增力。
9. Deeds are males, and words are females. 「做」是男人的事,「」是女人的事。
10. Deeds, not words. 在於行,不在於言。得到,做得到。言出必行。
11. Few words are best. 少妙。
12. Fine words butter no parsnips. 花言巧不能滋防草。口惠而不至。
13. Fine words dress ill deeds. 巧言藏行。好,事做。一套,做一套。
14. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. [Thomas Fuller]
良言本,其值千金。(富勒)
15. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 口惠而不至。
17. Hard words break no bones. 言不到人心。笑由他笑。
18. He is noble who feels and acts nobly. 的人是思想崇高和止雅。
19. He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
花言巧的人常以空匙人。巧言令色矣仁。
Advice and Counsel (忠告建 )
1. A woman’s advice is no great thing, but he who won’t take it is a fool.
女人的忠告不是怎大不了的事,若不接受,便是傻瓜。
2. Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same day. [African Proverb]
忠告是一位陌生客,若受迎,停留夜;不受迎,天就要回家。(非洲)
3. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 良言於最需要最不受重。忠言逆耳。
4. Advice whispered is worthless. 私的忠告毫值可言。
5. An enemy may chance to give good counsel. 人也可能人好的忠告。
6. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 怒和急迫足以大。小不忍大。
7. Come not to counsel uncalled. 人之患在好人。
8. Counsel is to be given by the wise, the remedy by the rich.
忠告一定自智者,救助一定自富人。
9. Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告一定要遵守,不是要。
10. Counsel without help is useless. 有助的忠告亳用。
11. Counsels in wine seldom prosper. 酒杯空言少成效。
12. Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 班弄斧。
13. Good counsel has no price. (Good counsel is beyond price.) 良言乃之。
14. Good counsel never comes amiss. 好的忠告不出差。
15. Good counsel never comes too late. 好的忠告不得太晚。
16. If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it. 策若佳勿策者是。善如流。
17. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 老途。
18. Ill counsel mars all. 不好的忠告一切。
19. One gives nothing so liberally as advice. (Nothing is given so freely as advice.) 有任何西像忠告那慷慨。
20. Self is a bad counselor. 利己心是最的。自私非上策。
Ambition and Zeal(雄心)
Ambition loses many a man. 。 野心使多人失
Ambition makes people diligent. 雄心使人勤勉
Zeal, when it is a virtue, is a dangerous one. 把作美德是危的
Zeal without prudence is frenzy. 不慎若狂
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 心有,知不足。志大才疏如之。
Zeal too often lacks discretion. 心有,慎不足。
Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools. 只宜於智者,但多半在愚者身上。
To do one thing well is a worthy ambition. 把一件事做好,就是一有值的雄心。
The higher the mountain, the greater descent. 山愈高,峭壁愈陡。爬得愈高,跌得愈深。
The best is the enemy of the good. 「 最好」往往成「好」的人。(目太高反而失。)
Seek mickle, and get something; seek little, and get nothing. 找多一些,就得著一些。找少一些,就一所得。
Seek and ye shall find. [Matthew 7:7] 找,就。(太福音7:7)
Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.
摔一跤不如往前走。
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. 固步自封。
Nothing is difficult to a man whom ambition fires.
於雄心丈的人,世上有成的事。
Appearance and Heart(外表心)
1. A clear conscience is like a coat of mail. 平生不做心事,夜半敲心不。
2. Handsome is that handsome does.心美,貌亦美。
3. A fair face may hide a foul heart. (Fair face, foul heart.)
漂亮的面孔可能藏著一的心。人面心。
4. A good conscience is a safe pillow. 良心清白,安枕。
5. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
作心。多行不必自,多走夜路必遇鬼。
6. A heavy purse makes a light heart. 包,心情。
7. A honey tongue, a heart of gall. 口蜜腹。笑藏刀。佛口蛇心。
8. A light purse makes a heavy heart. 包薄薄,心情沉重。
10. A straight stick is crooked in the water. 直棍水中曲。
11. All are not saints that go to church. 上教堂的人未必都是人。
12. All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 人不可貌相,海不可斗量。(不可一概而。)
13. All that glitters is not gold. 亮的不一定全是金子。金玉其外,絮其中。有其表。
14. Apparel makes the man. 人靠衣裳,靠鞍。
15. Appearances are deceptive. 外表是靠不住的。
16. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
口含著花蜜的蜜蜂,尾巴有螫。口蜜腹。笑藏刀。
17. Clothes do not make the man. 衣冠不能造人品。人不可以貌相。
18. Conscience does make cowards of us all. [William Shakespeare]
良心的自使大家成了懦夫。(莎士比)
19. Faint heart never won fair lady. 懦弱的人永法得美人的心。
20. Far from eye, far from heart.眼,心。眼不,心不念。
21. Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 酒肉朋,柴米夫妻。
22. An uncut gem goes not sparkle.玉不琢,不成器。
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