Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.
一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.
静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.
既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。
Teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.
过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.
老马识途。

The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.
木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.
这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚，越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.
太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.
问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.
人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.
没有长生不老药。

There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.
字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，浊者自浊。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.
三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
Time cures all things.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.
时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任，一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.
福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面，改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。

Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了，不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不管做什么，都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学，终生难忘。
What's done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。
What's lost is lost.
失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。

0. An idle youth,a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
1. Time flies.
时光易逝。
2. Time is money.
一寸光阴一寸金。
3. Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。
4. Time tries all.
时间检验一切。
5. Time tries truth.
时间检验真理。
6. Time past cannot be called back again.
光阴一去不复返。
7. All time is no time when it is past.
光阴一去不复返。
8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
昨日不复来。
9. Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依赖明天。
10.One today is worth two tomorrows.
一个今天胜似两个明天。
11.The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。
12.Christmas comes but once a year.
圣诞一年只一度。
13.Pleasant hours fly past.
快乐时光去如飞。
14.Happiness takes no account of time.
欢娱不惜时光逝。
15.Time tames the strongest grief.
时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
16.The day is short but the work is much.
工作多，光阴迫。
17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。
18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事，今天就去做。
19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.
事事及时做，一日胜三日。
20.To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延长生命。
21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
万物皆有时，时来不可失。
22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。
23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。
24.Make hay while the sun shines.
晒草要趁太阳好。
25.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。

26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。
27.Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时为立业之要素。
28.Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。
29.Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮涨必有潮落时。
30.Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知识可羡，胜于财富。
32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知识胜过金银，
33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。
34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。
35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑是知识之钥。
36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知识，须从勤苦得。
37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
浅学误人。
38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
少量的常识，当得大量的学问。
39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
41.It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车可鉴。
42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。
43.Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的教师。
44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
45.Dexterity comes by experience.
熟练来自经验。
46.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
47.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。
48. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
49.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲
身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。
50.Seeing is believing.

百闻不如一见。
51.Business is the salt of life.
事业是生命之盐。
52.Business before pleasure.
事业在先，享乐在后。
53.Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。
54.Business neglected is business lost.
忽视职业便是放弃职业。
55.Never think yourself above business.
勿自视过高；不要眼高手低；永远不要认为自己是大
才小用。
56.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.
事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
57.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
58.Do business,but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
59.Everybody's business is nobody's business.
众人的事就是无人过问的事。
60.Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
61.Better master one than engage with ten.
会十事，不如精一事。
62.A work ill done must be twice done.
首次做不好，必须重新搞。
63.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
64.If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。
65.He that doth most at once doth least.
什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完；贪多嚼不
烂。
66.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。
67.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不
做的事情。
68.Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
69.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
70.The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。
71.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行动是知识之佳果。
72.Finished labours are pleasant.
完成工作是一乐。
73.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
74.It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都应用得其所。
75.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.

按部就班，事情很快就做完。
76.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
77.Work bears witness who does well.
工作能证明谁做的好。
78.It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
79.He that will not work shall not eat.
不工作者不得食。
80.Business is business.
公事公办。
81.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.
慢慢酌量，快快行动。
82.Put your shoulder to the wheel.
努力工作。
83.Never do things by halves.
做事不要半途而废。
84.In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
85.Many hands make quick work.
人多干活快。
86.Many hands make light work.
众擎易举。
87.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
88.Diligence is the mohter of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
89.Idleness is the root of all evil.
懒惰乃万恶之源。
90.Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
91.Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好运之母。
92.Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。
93.Idleness is the key of beggary.
懒惰出乞丐。
94.No root,no fruit.
无根就无果。
95.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
96.Sloth is the key of poverty.
惰能致贫。
97.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
98.An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
99.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.