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知識就是力量。 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do
today. Never too old to learn. 百聞不如一見。 Better late than never.（It's never too late to
mend.） 歲月不待人。 Well begun is half done.
誠實是上策。 A contented mind is a perpetual
feast. The early bird gets the worm.
In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is
king. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A leopard cannot change his spots.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A tree is known by its fruit.
Actions speak louder than words.
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
After rain comes sunshine.
All good things come to an end.
All is well that ends well.
All that glitters is not gold.
Beauty is in the eye of beholder.
Beauty is only skin-deep.
As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
Between two stools you fall to the ground.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Blood is thicker than water.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Business before pleasure.
Care killed a cat. Charity begins at home.
Comparisons are odious.
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
Courtesy costs nothing.
Death is the great leve1er.
Diamond cut(s) diamond.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Do as you would be done by.
Dogs do not eat dog.
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
Do not cast pearls before swine.
water off a duck's back cast [throw] (one's) pearls before swine
cannot see the wood for the trees
Charity begins at home.
Comparisons are odious.
Complete power corrupts completely.
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
Courtesy costs nothing. Cry over spilt milk. Death is the great leve1er.
Diamond cut(s) diamond.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Do not kick against the pricks.
Do not put the cart before the horse.
Do not wash your dirty linen in public.
Don't change horses in mid-stream.
Don't count your chicken before they are
hatched. Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't speak ill of others behind their backs.
dose sb with his own physic (medicine)
Eat, drink, and be merry.
Enough is as good as feast.
Easier said than done.
Easy come, easy go. East or west, home is best.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
Even a worm will turn.
Even Homer sometimes nods.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every dog has his day.
Every man has his taste.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Extremes meet. Experience is the extract of suffering.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fail to see the wood for the trees (=not see the wood
for the trees) Faint heart never won fair lady.
fair without and foul within
finders keepers Fine feathers make fine birds.
First come first served.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Fortune favors the brave (bold).
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
God helps those who help themselves.
God's mill grinds slow but sure.
Grasp al1, lose al1.
Habit is second nature. Half a loaf is better than none.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Haste makes waste. Health is better than wealth.
Heaven he1ps those who help themselves.
He is poor but has a noble mind.
He who has hope has everything.
History repeats itself. Honesty is the best policy.
Hunger is the best sauce.
If you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the
bitterest of the bitter. It is no use crying over spilt milk.
It is better to fight for good than to fail at the
ill. Kill two birds with one stone.
Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Let bygones be bygones.
Let every man skin his own skunk.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Like father, 1ike son.
Look before you leap. Man proposes and God disposes.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Milk of human kindness
Milk the bull [ram]. Misfortunes never come single (alone).
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles
you. New broom sweeps clean.
Nine tailors make [go to] a man.
No man can serve two masters.
Not see the forest [wood] for the trees.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Nothing venture, nothing gain [win; have].
Once bitten, twice shy.
One good turn deserves another.
One swallow does not make a summer.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Practice makes perfect. Prevention is better than cure.
Pride goes before a fall.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries
them. Put money aside for a rainy day.
Rome was not built in a day.
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
set a thief to catch a thief
Silence is golden. Slow and steady wins the race.
Smooth water runs deep.
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak of the devil, and the devil comes!
Speech is si1ver, silence is gold.
Strike the iron while it is hot.
Success grows out of struggles to overcome
difficulties. The secret of success is constancy of
purpose. The weakest goes to the wall.
throw good money after bad
Tastes differ. The pot calls the kett1e b1ack.
The remedy is worse than the evil.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
The tailor makes the man.
The secret of success is constancy of
purpose. The way to a man's heart is through his
stomach. There is no accounting for taste.
There is no royal road to learning.
There is no smoke without fire.
to convert defeat into victory.
to harp on the same string.
to kick against the pricks.
to look one way and row another.
To be svere with oneself and lenient with
others. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Two heads are better than one.
Virtue is its own reward.
Waste not, want not. Well begun is half done.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander. Where there is a will, there is a way.
While there is life, there is hope.
What's done cannot be undone.
wise after the event You may go farther and fare worse.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
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