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001. Vain glory blossoms but never bears. 虛榮能開花，但從不結果。
002. Velvet paws hide sharp claws. 笑裡藏刀。
003. Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 吃小虧佔大便宜。
004. Victory belongs to the m ost persevering. 勝利屬於最堅強不屈的人。
005. Viture flies from the heart of a mercenary man. 人貪錢財，心無美德。
006. Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是無價之寶。
007. Virture is fairer far than beauty. 美德遠比美麗更美好。
008. Virtue is her (or its) own reward. 為善最樂。
009. Virtue is the only true nobility. 唯有美德是真正高貴的。
010. Virtue never grows old. 美德永遠不衰老。
011. Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. 激動時所立的誓，平靜時會忘記的

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001. Union is strength. 團結就是力量。
002. Unkindness destroys love. 粗暴毀愛情。
003. Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. 無益雄辯不濟事，猶如柏樹參天不結果。
004. Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不到黃河心不死。
005. Use a book as a bee does flowers. 讀書如蜜蜂採花，吸取其中之精華。
006. Use is a second nature. 習慣成自然。

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001. Take a hair of the dog that bit you. 以毒攻毒。
002. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can. 智者皆能視苦為樂。
003. Take away my good name and take away my life. 奪了我的名譽等於奪了我的生命。
004. Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves. 省小錢才能積大財。
005. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 積少成多。
006. Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves. 注意你的理智，聲調自會小心。
007. Take honour from me and my life is undone. 奪我名聲，我命即亡。
008. Take one's courage in both hands. 勇往直前，敢作敢為。
009. Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。
010. Take something by the best handle. 理解某事物，乘其好機會。
011. Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享樂也能吃苦。
012. Take the world as it is. 隨遇而安。
013. Take the world as one finds it. 聽之任之。
014. Take things as they come (or are) 既來之，則安之。
015. Take time by the forelock. 要抓住時機。
016. Take time for deliberation; hste spoils everything. 要費時思考，急躁會壞事。
017. Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 做事要深思熟慮，但時機一到，就要動手，不要猶豫。
018. Take time when time comes lest time steal away. 機不可失，時不再來。
019. Take time while time is, for time will be away. 有時間要加以利用，因為時間是要消逝的。
020. Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings. 說到曹操，曹操就到。
021. Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. 說鬼鬼到。
022. Tall trees catch much wind. 樹大招風。
023. Tastes differ. 眾口難調。
024. Teaching others teaches yourself. 教學相長。
025. Tears are the silent language of grief. 眼淚是悲哀的無聲言辭。
026. Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles. 訴說煩惱等於增加煩惱。
027. Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. 把你的交友講給我聽，我會講出你是何許人。
028. Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace. 知道的不要全部傾吐，看到的不要都加評語，這樣生活可以安寧。
029. Temperance is the best physic. 克制乃是最好的治療。
030. Temperance is the greatest of virtues. 自我節制是最大的美德。
031. That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. 好書開卷引人入勝，閉卷使人得益。
032. That is not good language which all understand not. 不是人人都懂的語言不是好語言。
033. That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. 最後的聰明才算真聰明。
034. That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help themselves. 教師盡力幫助學生獨立工作是給學生最大的幫助。
035. That which is evil is soon learnt. 惡行易學。
036. That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. 美麗而引人注目的東西不一定都善良，但善良的東西總是美麗的。
037. That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass. 事非逆料偏易發生。
038. That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember. 苦楚往日難忍受，記起也許甜心頭。
039. The abundance of money ruins youth. 錢多毀青年。
040. The ass wags his ears. 自鳴得意。
041. The battle is to the strong. 強者必勝。
042. The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad). 既是窮光蛋，何慮竊賊偷。
043. The beginnings of all things are small. 萬事開頭小。
044. The belly has no ears. 食慾不長耳。
045. The best fish smell when they are three days old. 魚過三天後，再鮮也變臭。
046. The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚游水底。
047. The best hearts are always the bravest. 最善良的人往往是最勇敢的人。
048. The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。
049. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 要求過高反難成功。
050. The best is yet to be. 好戲在後頭。
051. The best man stumbles. 智者千慮，必有一失。
052. The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的鏡子。
053. The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. 最好的政府是教導我們管理自己。
054. The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交，終有一別。
055. The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between. 敬而遠之。
056. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children. 麵包的氣味最香，食鹽的滋味最鮮，兒童的情愛最純。
057. The best teacher one can have is necessity. 我們能得到的最好教師是「需要」。
058. The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. 啟迪人性最好的導師是偉大人物的生活。
059. The better the day, the better the deed. 日子越美好，事業越順當。
060. The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 枝頭結果越多，垂得越低。
061. The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience. 英雄的人可以冒生命危險，但不冒良心危險。
062. The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金無赤足，人無完人。
063. The burden on likes is cheerfully borne. 愛挑的擔子，就愉快輕鬆。
064. The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time). 最忙的人時間最多。
065. The cask savours of the first fill. 先入為主。
066. The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better. 貓犬可相吻，莫逆卻難成。
067. The catin glores catch no mice. 戴手套的貓捉不到老鼠。
068. The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream. 掩耳盜鈴。
069. The chief aim of man is not to get money. 人生的主要目的不是為了掙錢。
070. The child is father of (or to) the man. 三歲定終身。
071. The cobbler must stick to his last. 安分守己。
072. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 鞋匠的老婆沒有好鞋穿。
073. The course of true love never did run smooth. 好事多磨。
074. The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it 牛失其尾，方知其貴。
075. The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk. 穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。
076. The creditor has always a better memory than the detor. 放債人的記性比借債人好。
077. The crow thinks her own birds fairest. 烏鴉總以為自己的雛鳥最美麗。
078. The cruelest lies are often told in silence. 最殘酷的謊言常以沈默的方式說出。
079. The crushed worm will turn. 困獸猶鬥。
080. The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away. 布谷鳥，四月來，五月在，仲夏唱支歌，然後就飛開。
081. The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. 大人物的美味是窮人的眼淚。
082. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前是最黑暗的時刻。
083. The day has eyes, the night has ears. 日有眼，夜有耳。
084. The day is long to him who knows not how to use it. 百無聊賴。
085. The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose. 魔鬼替其狡辯，也會引經據點。
086. The devil is good when he is pleased. 魔鬼高興，也發善心。
087. The devil is not so black as he is painted. 魔鬼不像所描繪的那麼黑。
088. The devil knows may things because he is old. 老馬能識途。
089. The devil lurks behind the cross. 貌善實惡。
090. The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won't let him out. 魔鬼乘虛而入，開門攆它不出。
091. The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful. 別國的鑽石是最美麗的。
092. The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. 醫生往往比疾病更令人生畏。
093. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. 我行我素，豈管他哉。
094. The dog that fetches will carry. 來道是非者，便是是非人。
095. The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall. 滴水穿石不是由於使用強力所致，而是由於滴水頻繁所成。
096. The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。
097. The effect speaks, the tongue needs not. 事實勝於雄辯。
098. The end crowns the work. 工作成敗要看結果。
099. The end justifies (or sanctifies) the means. 只問目的，不問手段。
100. The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear. 自作孽不可活。
101. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重傷可治，臭名難除。
102. The exception proves the rule. 例外能反證規律。
103. The eye is blind if the mind is absent. 心不專則眼不明。
104. The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. 眼睛能看見一切的東西，但看不見自己。
105. The face is the index of the mind (or heart). 相為心證。
106. The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love. 情人越吵越親密。
107. The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity. 農民是文化和繁榮的奠基者。
108. The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 欲速則不達。
109. The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear. 杞人憂天，庸人自擾。
110. The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢不成器。
111. The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man. 烈火試真金，困苦練壯士。
112. The fire which lights (or warms) us at a distance will burn us when near. 遠火能照亮，近火要燒人。
113. The first blow is half the battle. 頭炮打響，等於半個勝仗。
114. The first element of success is the determination to succeed. 成功的首要因素是要有成功的決心。
115. The first step is as good as half over. 第一步的成功等於事情的一半已完成。
116. The first step is the only difficulty. 萬事起頭難。
117. The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice. 避開作惡是走向美德的第一步。
118. The first wealth is health. 健康是最重要的財富。
119. The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. 愚者自以為聰明，智者則有自知之明。
120. The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his tongue in his heart. 蠢人的心在嘴上，聰明人的嘴在心裡。
121. The fool talks, and the wise man thinks. 蠢人嘴巴講，聰明人用心想。
122. The foundation of true joy is in the conscience. 真正的愉快之根本在於良心。
123. The fox changes his skin but not his habit. 狐狸可以改變皮毛，但不能改變習性。
124. The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail. 機關算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命。
125. The fox smells his own stink first. 狐狸的臭味道，自己先嗅到。
126. The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve. 嘴上真君子，行動爛小人。
127. The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。
128. The future belongs to him who knows how to wait. 未來屬於懂得等待的人。
129. The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it. 社會的前途掌握在母親們手中；如果世界由於女人而毀滅，那麼也只有女人才可挽救。
130. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 壞天氣才能認識良好的海員。
131. The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. 民有、民治、民享的政府永世長存。
132. The grass is greener on the other side. 草是另一邊的綠。
133. The great and the little have need one of another. 偉大與渺小相得益彰。
134. The greater the truth, the greater the libel. 真理越大，誹謗也越大。
135. The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help. 操心無法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。
136. The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility. 真理最偉大的朋友是時間，最大的敵人是偏見，她永恆的伴侶是謙遜。
137. The greatest hate springs from the greatest love. 最大的恨產生於最大的愛。
138. The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 自吹自擂的人是最大的謊言者。
139. The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice. 進步的最大障礙是偏見。
140. The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. 最大的錯誤就是不認識錯誤。
141. The greatest pleasure of life is love. 愛是人生最大的樂趣。
142. The greatest talkers are always the least doers. 言語的巨人往往是行動的侏儒。
143. The great fish ear up the small. 弱肉強食。
144. The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. 贈予者的心意可使饋贈的東西增加價值而顯得珍貴。
145. The heart sees further than the head. 心之所見遠勝於目。
146. The heart that once truly loves never forgets. 真正的愛情是永不會忘記的。
147. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail. 猴子爬得越高，尾巴越加暴露。
148. The highest art is to conceal art. 最高的藝術就是不露藝術。
149. The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. 正當得到的一分錢，勝過偷來的一元錢。
150. The house shows the owner. 文如其人。
151. The hungry belly has no ears. 饑寒起盜心。
152. The imnportant thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. 人生至要的事是要有偉大的目標和達到這個目標的決心。
153. The joy of the heart makes the face merry. 喜形於色。
154. The last drop makes the cup run over. 失之過極。
155. The least said, the soonest mended. (or Least said, soonest mended) 少說為佳。
156. The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本性難移。
157. The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. 說謊者所受到的懲罰決不是在於沒有人相信他，而是在於他不會相信任何別人。
158. The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. 狼的生就是羔羊的死。
159. The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf. 孤獨的羊難免遭狼的危險。
160. The longest day has an end. 天下沒有不散的盛筵。
161. The longest way round is the shortest way home. 繞道似最遠，歸程是捷徑。
162. The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. 愛美是所有健康人天性中的一個重要部分。
163. The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. 愛財與好學，實難相共容。
164. The love of money is the root of all evil. 愛財是萬惡之源。
165. The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues. 保持一件壞事的代價超過十件好事。
166. The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 不犯錯誤的人往往也就是無所作為的人。
167. The milk is spilled. 木已成舟。
168. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 覆水難收。
169. The mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
170. The money the miser hoards will do him no good. 守財奴積的財富，對他自己沒好處。
171. The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 月亮不怕狗吠。
172. The moon is a moon whether it shines or not. 或名或暗，月亮總是月亮。
173. The moon is not seen where the sun shines. 小巫見大巫。
174. The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows. 懂得越多，就越知道自己懂得不多。
175. The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest. 大智若愚。
176. The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance. 大智若愚。
177. The more haste, she less speed. 欲速則不達。
178. The more noble, the more humble. 越高尚，越謙虛。
179. The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 愚人越富越愚蠢。
180. The more, the merrier. 多多益善。
181. The more the well is used, the more water it gives. 井水越打越多。
182. The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. 一個人引以為恥的事情越多，就越可尊敬。
183. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. 做得越多，則能做的越多；越是忙碌，則空閒越多。
184. The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. 學得越多，就越發覺自己無知。
185. The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house. 婦女照鏡越多，照管家務就越少。
186. The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常。
187. The morning to the mountain the evening to the fountain. 凡是都有一定時間。
188. The most busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time) 最忙碌的人有最多的空閒。
189. The most useful learning in the world is that which teches us how to die well. 世界上最有用的學問是告訴我們怎樣死得其所。
190. The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed. 完全虛度的日子是你一次也沒有笑過的日子。
191. The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. 母親的心腸是孩子的課堂。
192. The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 虎頭蛇尾。
193. The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. 狡兔三窟。
194. The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth. 聰明人的嘴在心裡，蠢人的心在嘴上。
195. The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh. 骨肉越親，恩情越深。
196. The nearer to church, the farther from God. 近廟欺神。
197. The older the goose the harder to pluck. 越老越狡猾。
198. The old goose plays not with foxes. 老鵝不和狐狸一起玩。
199. The only cure for grief is action. 行動是對悲痛唯一的治療。
200. The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age. 女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年齡。
201. The outsideer sees the best (or most) of the game. 旁觀者清。
202. The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. 心頭的痛苦比肉體的痛苦更厲害。
203. The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future. 過去是為了求取知識，現在是為了付諸行動，而未來是為了享受歡樂。
204. The path down to evil is easy. 墮入罪惡的道路是容易走的。
205. The path of duty is the path of safety. 盡職的路是安全的路。
206. The path to glory is always rugged. 通向光榮的道路常常是坎坷不平的。
207. The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. 孔雀雖有華羽，但有賤足。
208. The person who arrives, ect early will (probably) succeed.
209. The pen is mightier than the sword. 文能勝武。
210. The pen is the tougue of the mind. 筆是心之舌。
211. The poor are rich when they are satisfied. 貧能知足即為富。
212. The poor man wants much, the miser everything. 貧窮人要求多，守財奴樣樣要。
213. The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。
214. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 空談不如實驗。(實踐出真知)
215. The raceis got by running. 賽跑要靠奔跑來贏得。
216. There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海裡的好魚是取之不盡的。
217. There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging. 生活道路有三條︰勞動、偷盜或乞討。
218. There are lees to every wine. 美中有不足。
219. There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. 愚蠢的買主多魚愚蠢的賣主。
220. There are no birds of this year in last year's nests. 事過境遷。
221. There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. 教育顯然有兩種︰一種是教人怎樣謀生，另一種是教人怎樣生活。
222. There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter. 世界上只有兩種力量︰刀和筆；而其結果，後者總是戰勝前者。
223. There are spots in (or on) the sum. 人孰無過。
224. There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman. 傳播新聞有三種方法︰電報、電話和告訴女人。
225. There are two sides to every question. 每個問題都有兩個方面。
226. The receiver is as bad as the thief. 窩贓者和賊同罪。
227. There is a black sheep in every flock. 群群羊中有黑羊。
228. There is a crook in the lot of everyone. 人生皆有不如意處。
229. There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read. 渴望求知的人需要讀書，累得疲勞的人也需要書讀，兩種人的要求有很大的區別。
230. There is a skeleton in every house. 每座房子都有骨架。
231. There is a small choice in rotten apples. 朽木不可雕。
232. There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. 該說話時說話，該沈默時沈默。
233. There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 可敬與可笑之間只有一步之差。
234. There is honour among thieves. 盜亦有道。
235. There is life in the old dog yet. 老當益壯。
236. There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do. 無事可做比有許多事要做更傷腦筋。
237. There is much to be said on both sides. 公說公有理，婆說婆有理。
238. There is noaccounting for tastes. 人各有所好。
239. There is no fire without smoke. 無火沒有煙。
240. There is no fool like an old fool. 老年荒唐無法可想。
241. There is no general rule without some exception. 普遍規律必有例外。
242. There is none without a fault. 人孰無過。
243. There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love andd innocence. 人世間最大的幸福莫如既有愛情而又清白無暇。
244. There is no place like home. 再好之處不如自己家。
245. There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰花沒有不長刺的。
246. There is no royal road to learning. 治學無坦途。
247. There is no smoke without fire. 無風不起浪。
248. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. 事情本無好與壞，全在自己怎麼想。
249. There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe. 事情在成功前沒有不艱苦的。
250. There is nothing worse than apathy. 哀莫大於心死。
251. There is no time like the present. 機不可失，時不再來。
252. There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it. 沒有什麼財富像知識那樣保險，因為它偷不去，搶不走。
253. Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black. 羊毛再白，也能染黑。
254. There is safety in numbers. 人多勢眾。
255. The remedy for injuries is not to remember them. 醫治創傷的藥方就是忘卻創傷。
256. The remedy is worse than the disease. 醫療不得法，使病更糟糕。
257. The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful. 記住過去的不幸使人愉快。
258. There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海裡的好魚是取之不盡的。
259. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. 老當益壯。
260. There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. 天有不測風雲。
261. There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 臭名氣並不光彩。
262. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 徒有良好的願望而不去努力實現，後悔莫及。
263. The rotten apple injuries its neighbours. 一隻死老鼠，弄贓粥一鍋。
264. The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices. 損失時間是一切損失中代價最大的損失。
265. The scalded cat fears cold water. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
266. The sea complains it wants water. 大海總是抱怨水不夠。
267. The sea refuses no river. 大海有能容之量。
268. The secret of a good momory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. -- We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds. 記憶力好的秘密在於專心，而對於一個問題的專心取決於對這個問題的興趣。在我們心上留下深刻印象的東西，我們是不大會忘記的。
269. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportumity when it comes. 人生一生中成功的秘訣是在機會來臨時要及時抓住。
270. The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘訣是目標堅定。
271. The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最簡短的回答就是干。
272. The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情，最簡單的辦法是一次只做一件事。
273. The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. 天不會因瞎子看不見而減其藍色。
274. The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡覺的狐狸抓不到雞鴨。
275. The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 有點禮貌使生活愉快，多點禮貌使生活高尚。
276. The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. 美女的微笑就是錢包的淚水。
277. The soul is not where it lives, but it loves. 心靈不在它生活的地方，而在它所愛的地方。
278. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有餘而力不足。
279. The still sow eats up all the draff. 不聲不響的豬吃光全部的飼料。
280. The style is the man. 文如其人。
281. The sun shines all alike. 太陽同樣地普照一切。
282. The surest way to be happy is to be busy. 要快樂，最可靠的辦法是忙碌。
283. The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜的葡萄掛在最高的地方。
284. The sweetest thing in life. Is the welocme of a wife. 人生最甜蜜的事情就是愛妻的歡迎。
285. The tail does often catch the fox. 狐狸常因尾巴而被捕。
286. The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣裝。
287. The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. 成功沒有其它辦法，只有好好工作而不存名利思想。
288. The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. 求學的三個基本原則是︰多觀察、多吃苦、多鑽研。
289. The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour. 三件事最困難︰保守秘密，忘卻傷害和善用精力。
290. The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. 老虎一次嘗到血，它的貪心就更大。
291. The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. 舌頭雖只三寸長，但能殺害六尺漢。
292. The tongue is not steel yet it cuts. 舌頭不是鋼，傷人似刀劍。
293. The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 懶漢的舌頭並不閒。
294. The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大覺，烏龜才得勝。
295. The truest politeness comes from sincerity. 真正的慇勤出於真誠。
296. The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. 我們最不喜歡聽到的真實，總是我們知道了會大有好處的真實。
297. The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正當得來的便士會使正當得來的英鎊受到污濁。
298. The used key is always bright. 常用的鑰匙總是光亮的。
299. The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct. 人的品德不能看他一時格外賣力，而要看他的日常行為。
300. The voice is the best music. 說話聲是最好的音樂。
301. The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 一個人的聲音是沒有力量的。
302. The voice of the people is the voice of God. 人民之聲力大無比。
303. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能載舟，也能覆舟。
304. The weakest goes to the wall. 適者生存。
305. The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 精神財富是唯一的真正財富。
306. The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的鑰匙。
307. The wine in the bolttle does not quench thirst. 瓶中之酒不解渴。
308. The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. 國家智慧，寓於格言，它們精闢，而且簡練。
309. The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct. 聰明人循理智辦事，平常人照經驗辦事，蠢人按需要辦事，畜生憑本能辦事。
310. The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. 聰明人的手不做愚笨人所說的事。
311. The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 聰明人耳朵長，嘴巴短。
312. The wise man is always a good listener. 智者善聽人言。
313. The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all. 聰明人知道自己不懂什麼，蠢人則以為自己什麼都懂。
314. The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword. 智者之言，是保衛而非攻擊。
315. The wish is father to the thought. 有願望就有信念。
316. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
317. The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. 江山易改，本性難易。
318. The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary. 我的詞典裡沒有「不可能」一詞的。
319. The word once spoken can never be realled. 一言既出，駟馬難追。
320. The work shows the workman. 什麼匠人出什麼活。
321. The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. 世界對思惟著的人來說，是一出喜劇，而對憑感覺的人看來，只是一出悲劇。
322. The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down. 人間猶如一架梯，有人緣梯上升，有人順梯下降。
323. The world is but a little place, after all. 有緣千里來相會。
324. The worst men often give the best advice. 最不行的人，往往能提出最好的意見。
325. The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen. 最大的不幸是害怕不會發生的不幸。
326. The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it. 物以稀為貴。
327. They are never alone accompanied by noble thoughts. 思想高尚者決不會孤單。
328. They assume most who know the least. 懂得最少的人自以為最了不起。
329. They bray most that can do least. 說話最多的人，能做的事最少。
330. They die well that live well. 活著正常的人死也正常。
331. The years teach much which the days never know. 學問集年而成，而每日不自知也。
332. They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
333. They that live longest must die at last. 活得最久長，終難免一亡。
334. They that (or who) live longest see most. 活得最長，見識最廣。
335. They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen. 過早地結婚，不久必悔恨。
336. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 淚水汪汪播種，得意洋洋收穫。
337. They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. 不能為所欲為者，也當盡力而為之。
338. They who live in a worry. Invite death in a hurry. 生活多愁，死亡必速。
339. Things done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。
340. Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group. 物以類聚，人以群分。
341. Theings past cannot be recalled. 過去的事情無可挽回。
342. Theings present are judged by things past. 欲斷今日事，須知往日情。
343. Things rashly taken end as ill. 草率從事沒有好結果。
344. Things unreasonable are never durable. 不合理的事不會持久。
345. Think about the misforture of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot. 想想別人的不幸，你可以對自己的命運感到滿足。
346. Think all you speak, but speak not all you think. 想想你所說的一切，不要全部說出你所想的。
347. Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all. 想得好，聰明；籌畫得好，更聰明；做得好，最聰明最好。
348. Think much, speak little, and write less. 勤思考，寡發言，少落筆。
349. Think of the devil and he's looking over your shoulders. 說到曹操，曹操就到。
350. Think today and speak tomorrow. 三思而後行。
351. Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. 同智者一起考慮，與俗人一起交談。
352. This world belongs to the energetic. 世界屬於精力旺盛的人。
353. Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself. 教學相長。
354. Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. 能充分利用時間的人不會有時間多餘。
355. Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. 認為有了錢就能辦一切的人，往往準備為了錢而無所不為。
356. Those who climb high often have a fall. 爬得高往往跌得重。
357. Those who complain most are most to be complained of. 抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。
358. Those who eat best and drink best often do worst. 吃得好喝得好的人往往幹得最糟。
359. Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest. 吃得最多的人不一定最肥胖，讀書最多的人不一定最聰明。
360. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 自己有短處，不要揭別人的短處。
361. Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve. 勞動者該得食，不勞者該挨餓。
362. Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome. 謊言即使打扮得不錯，到頭來總會被揭穿。
363. Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out. 惡意可以遮暗真理，但不能抹殺真理。
364. Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings. 狐狸雖會跑，小雞有翅膀。
365. Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains. 創傷可癒合，傷疤猶留存。
366. Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. 即使敵人小如鼠，也要防他如防虎。
367. Thought is the seed of action. 思想是行動的種子。
368. Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return. 本性難移。
369. Three removes are as bad as a fire. 三次搬家猶如一次失火。
370. Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty. 三樣東西最易消逝︰樹林的迴響， 彩虹和婦女的美貌。
371. Thrift is good revenue. 節約是個好收入。
372. Through obedience learn to command. 只有學會聽命於人，方能學會向人發號施令。
373. Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎廢食。
374. Thy friend has a friend and thy friend's friend has a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要謹慎小心。
375. Time and tide wait for no man. 歲月無情。
376. Time and words can never be recalled. 消逝的時間和說出的話不能追回。
377. Time cures all things. 時間可以醫治一切創傷。
378. Time discloses (or reveals) all things. 時間會暴露一切。
379. Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time. 必須抓緊時間。
380. Time flies. 時光易逝。
381. Time is great healer. 時間能夠治好(感情上的)創傷。
382. Time is money. 時間就是金錢。
383. Time is money, but money is not time. 時間就是金錢，但金錢不是時間。
384. Time marches on. 時光流逝不回頭。
385. Time past cannot be called back again. 光陰一去不復返。
386. Time past never returns, amoment lost, lost for ever. 過去的時間決不返回，浪費一點，永遠消失。
387. Time reveals all things. 時間會揭露一切。
388. Time tames the strongest grief. 時間可以沖淡最強烈的悲傷。
389. Time tries all. 時間檢驗一切。
390. Time tries truth. 時間考驗真理。
391. Time works great changes. 時間能產生巨大的變化。
392. Time works wonders. 時間可以創造奇跡。
393. Timid dogs bark most. 狗膽小，拚命叫。
394. To a boiling pot flies come not. 蒼蠅不叮沸水壺。
395. To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 積財難，守財最難，而聰明地散財最難。
396. To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 對於一隻漫無目標的船來說，不論什麼方向的風都是逆風。
397. To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself. 對弱者發脾氣證明你自己並不很強。
398. To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy. 為善最樂。
399. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 維護和平最有效的辦法之一是備戰。
400. To be virtuous is to do good. 行善是美德。
401. To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation. 獲得智慧，尋求真理，並使心靈美好，要比追求金錢、榮譽和名聲好得多。
402. To convert defeat into victoty. 反敗為勝。
403. Today is the scholar of yesterday. 今天是昨天的學者。
404. To err is human. 人無完人。
405. To err is human; to forgive, divine. 人難免錯誤，寬恕別人是神聖的。
406. To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge. 饒恕敵人是一種巧妙的報復方法。
407. To gain teaches how to spend. 量入為出。
408. To have a stomach and lack meat; to have meat and lack a stomach; to lie in bed and cannot rest; are great miseries. 最大在痛苦在於胃口好而無肉食，有佳餚而無胃口，躺在床上而不能休息。
409. To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief. 有錢使人擔心，沒錢使人傷心。
410. To hear a hundred times is not so good as to see once. 百聞不如一見。
411. To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three. 辦事不失時機，一天可抵三天用。
412. To know everything is to know nothing. 事事皆知，事事不懂。
413. To know how to wait is the great secret of success. 懂得如何等待是成功的秘訣。
414. To know one's self is true progress. 能有自知之明就是真正的進步。
415. To know the disease is half the cure. 找出病根等於治癒了一半。
416. To learn obeying is the fundamental art of governing. 學會順從是管理的基本藝術。
417. To live in the hearts of those left behind is not to die. 活在後人心，雖死而猶生。
418. To live long is almost everyone's wish, but to live well is the ambitiion of a few. 活得長幾乎是每個人的願望，可是生活得好只是少數人的志氣。
419. To lose a freind is the greatest of all loses. 失掉朋友是一切損失中最大的損失。
420. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. 愛人和得到人愛是人生最大的幸福。
421. To make enemies, talk; to make friends, listen. 要成仇敵，多講；要成朋友，多聽。
422. To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由於面貌美麗而娶妻，猶如油漆漂亮而買屋。
423. To mention the wolf's name is to see the same. 說到曹操，曹操就到。
424. Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依賴明天。
425. Tomorrow is another day. 明天有明天的事。
426. Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多嘴雜。廚師多燒壞湯？
427. Too much humility is pride. 過分謙虛即驕傲。
428. Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 知識多，老得快。
429. Too much liberty spoils all. 太多的自由破壞了一切。
430. Too much spoils, too little is nothing. 過多反壞事，太少不濟時。
431. Too much water drowned the miller. 過猶不及。
432. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 欲速則不達。
433. To pay a person in his own way. 以其人之道還治其人之身。
434. To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 維持友誼需要三點︰當面尊重他，背後讚揚他，需要時幫助他。
435. To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool. 允諾而不費什麼是給愚蠢人的安慰。
436. To read without reflection is like eating without digestion. 學而不思，猶如食而不化。
437. To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune. 要真正瞭解一個人，需在不幸中考察他。
438. To save time is to lengthen life. 省節時間就是延長壽命。
439. To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great minds. 少講多做是大智者的特性。
440. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 要奮鬥，要探索，要有所發現，而不要屈服。
441. To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. 懷著希望去旅行比抵達目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在於勤勞。
442. To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience. 周遊世界須有豬嘴巴，鹿的腿，鷹的雙眼，驢的耳，駱駝的肩膀和猿猴的臉，尤其需要的是要有滿口袋的金錢和耐心。
443. Touch pitch and you will be defiled. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
444. To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today. 擔心明天，今天就不愉快了。
445. To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work. 對青年人，我要奉勸幾句話︰工作，工作，再工作。
446. Travel east or travel west, a man's own home is still the best. 走到東，走到西，最好還是到家裡。
447. Tread on a worm and it will turn. 困獸猶鬥。
448. Troubles never come singly. 禍不單行。
449. True blue will never stain. 真金不怕火。
450. True coral needs no painter's brush. 真珊瑚無需刷油漆。
451. True friendship is a plant of slow growth. 真正的友誼像是生長緩慢的植物。
452. True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. 真誠的友誼猶如強健的身體，要到失去它時，才知它的可貴。
453. True love is giving not taking. 真正的愛情是給而不是取。
454. True love never grows old. 真愛永不老。
455. True love shows itself in time of need. 急需時見真情。
456. True praise roots and spreads. 表揚真實，根深傳遠。
457. True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing. 真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。
458. Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy. 不要信賴朋友的讚揚，也不要仇敵的輕蔑放在心上。
459. Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. 只要信任你自己，別人不會辜負你。
460. Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood. 真理和愛情是世界上力量最強大的兩樣東西，當它們兩者走在一起時，它們是很難抵擋的。
461. Truth and roses have thorns about them. 真理和玫瑰，身上都刺。
462. Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice. 真金不怕火。
463. Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes. 真理相貌好，但衣衫襤褸。
464. Truth is (or lies) at the bottom of the decater. 酒後露真言。
465. Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure. 真理不會騙人，切實無假；真理的力量強大，永存不垮。
466. Truth is stranger than fiction. 真理比幻想更奇特。
467. Truth is the daughter of time. 真理是時間的女兒。
468. Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.真理是一切知識的基礎，是一切社團的紐帶。
469. Truth lies at the bottom of a well. 事實真相往往不在表面，而在深層。
470. Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed. 真理可能被指責，但是決不蒙恥辱。
471. Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil. 真理不些要色彩，美麗不需塗飾。
472. Truth, once crushed, will rise again. 真理是打不倒的。
473. Truth's best ornament is nakedness. 不加裝飾是真理的最好的裝飾。
474. Truth will conquer. 真理必勝。
475. Truth will prevail. 真理必勝。
476. Truth will stand without a prop. 真理能樹，不靠支持。
477. Try (your friend) before you trust him. 朋友要經考驗，才能取得信任。
478. Turn your tongue seven times before speaking. 話到嘴邊留三分。
479. Two blacks do not make a white.兩個烏黑不等於一個清白。
480. Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one. 兩貓伴一鼠，兩妻居一屋，兩狗肯一骨，萬難同相處。
481. Two dogs over one bone seldom agree. 兩狗啃一骨，相持難服輸。
482. Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
483. Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak. 兩隻耳朵對一舌，故應多聽而少說。
484. Two heads are better than one. 集思廣益。
485. Two in distress makes sorrow less.同病相憐。
486. Two is company, but three is none.兩人成為伴，三人不結侶。
487. Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
488. Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. 小過彼此不相諒，兩人友誼難長久。
489. Two quarrel and a third profits by it.鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
490. Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement. 一穗兩雀爭，意見亂紛紛。
491. Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife. 心情平靜妻賢淑，延年益壽多得福。
492. Two wrongs don't make a right. 兩個錯誤不能構成一個正確。

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001. Sadness and gladness succeed each other. 悲喜互繼，哀樂相續。
002. Safe bind, safe find.
003. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man. 駛船要乘風，風潮不等人。
004. Salt water and absence wash away love. 遠離久別愛情淡。久別情淡？
005. Satan always finds work for idle hands. 懶漢總會幹壞事。
006. Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放虎歸山。
007. Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. 能節儉時就節儉，朝陽難照一整天。
008. Saving is getting. 節約等於收入。
009. Saying and doing are two things. 說與做是兩回事。
010. Saying is one thing, and doing another. 說是一回事，做是另一回事。
011. Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear. 莫道全所知，莫信全所聞。
012. Say well is good, but do well is better, 說得漂亮固好，做得漂亮更佳。
013. Science is organized knowledge. 科學是系統化的知識。
014. Score twice before you cut once. 三思而行。
015. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 神氣的狗也會吃贓布丁的。
016. Scratch a Russsian, and you('ll) find a Tartar. 文明不能改變本性。
017. Scratch me and I'll scratch you 朋比為奸。
018. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 朋比為奸。
019. Second thoughts are best. 三思而行，再思可也。
020. Seeing is believing. 眼見為實。
021. Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning. 見識多、遭難重，鑽研深是學問的三大支持。
022. See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace. 多看多聽少多嘴，你會太平過日子。
023. Seize (or Take) time by the forelock. 撤熱打鐵。
024. Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 見得少，忘得快。
025. Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness. 人類的偉大，首要的是要有自信。
026. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. 我們的失敗多數是由於缺乏自信。
027. Self do, self have. 自食其果。
028. Self-praise is no recommendation. 自我吹噓，決不可取。
029. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power. 只要自重、自覺、自制，人生就可達到至高無上的境地。
030. Selt-trust is the essence of heroism. 自信是英雄的本色。
031. Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信是成功的首要秘訣。
032. Serve somebody with the same sauce. 以其人之道還治其人之身。
033. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. 小人得意，忘乎所以。
034. Set a thief to catch a thief. 以毒攻毒。
035. Shallow streams make most din. 修養不深，高談闊論。
036. Sharp stomachs make short graces. 餓的肚子顧不到體面。
037. Short accounts make long friends. 帳算清，交情深。
038. Short acquaintance brings repentance. 淺交生後悔。
039. Short is my date, but deathless my renown. 年壽短暫，聲譽永存。
040. Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief. 謊言是做賊的第一步。
041. Sickness is everyman's master. 英雄只怕病來磨。
042. Sickness is felt, but health not at all. 疾病能夠感覺到，健康全然不知曉。
043. Sickness shows us what we are. 疾病使人亮出本來面目。
044. Silence gives consent. 沈默等於同意。
045. Silence in times of suffering is the best. 遭到不幸時，沈默是上策。
046. Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life. 沈默是通過生活中的許多不幸而學會的。
047. Silence is more eloquent than words. 沈默是更有說服力的言詞。
048. Silence is sometimes the severest criticism. 沈默有時是最嚴厲的批評。
049. Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous. 沈默的人像靜水一樣，深而難測。
050. Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen. 綢緞要熄滅廚房的火。
051. Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait of true and noble manhood. 真誠－－深刻真摯發自內心的真誠，是真正高尚的人性的一種品質。
052. Six feet of earth makes all men equal. 在墓穴中人人都平等。
053. Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. 技能和信心是不可克服的軍隊。
054. Sleeping is the best cure for waking troubles. 睡眠是良藥，專治醒時愁。
055. Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懶惰會磨去才智的鋒芒。
056. Slow and steady wins the race. 跛鱉千里。
057. Slow help is no help. 幫忙不及時，等於不幫忙。
058. Small gains bring great wealth. 小益聚大財，薄利成巨富。
059. Smooth water runs deep. 大智若愚。
060. Soft fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出細活。
061. Soft (or Fine or Kind) words butter no parsnips. 畫餅充飢。
062. So many countries, so many customs. 一個國家有一個國家的風俗。
063. So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 人多意見也多。
064. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. 有些書只要瀏覽一下，有些書要仔細閱讀，有些書要領會和消化。
065. Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. 從過錯和失敗中，我們取得了一些有益的教訓。過去的錯誤是未來的智慧和成功。
066. Some persons do first, think afterwards, and then repent for ever. 有些人做了再思考，從而悔恨終身。
067. Something attempted, something done.
068. Sometimes the best gain is to lose. 有時大得即大失。
069. Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 惡語有時傷人比刀劍更厲害。
070. So much is mine as I enjoy. 我所有的就如我享有的這麼多。
071. Sooner or later, the truth comes to light. 早晚真相會大白。
072. Soon gotten, soon spent. 賺得快，花得快。
073. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 學得快，忘得快。
074. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 早熟早爛。
075. Soon up, soon down. 升得高，落得快。
076. Sorrow comes unset for. 悲哀來時不需邀。
077. Soorow is at parting if at meeting there be laughter. 離別多愁恨，相見盡笑聲。
078. Sound love is not soon forgotten. 愛深難忘。
079. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. 惡有惡報。
080. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器。
081. Speak clearly if you speak at all, Carve every word before you let it fall. 要說就索性說得一清二楚，說出前每句話要字斟句酌。
082. Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. 講話不思考猶如射擊不對準目標。
083. Speak less and listen more. 要少說多聽。
084. Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck. 少說失意事，莫誇好運道。
085. Speak of angels and you will hear their wings. 說到曹操，曹操就到。
086. Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing. 要讚美朋友，莫提及敵人。
087. Speech is silver (or silvern), silence is golden. 雄辯是銀，沈默是金。
088. Speech is the picture of the mind. 言為心聲。
089. Speech shows what a man is. 言如其人。
090. Speed is the soldier's asset. 兵貴神速。
091. Spend money like water. 揮金如土。
092. Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 因小失大。
093. Step after step the ladder is ascended. 按部就班，循序漸進。
094. Still waters have deep bottoms. 靜水常深。
095. Still waters run deep. 大智若愚。靜水流深。
096. Straight trees have crooked roots. 直樹也有曲根。
097. Strike while the iron is hot. 見機行事。稱熱打鐵。
098. Strong reasons make strong actions. 理由充足，行動就堅決。
099. Study sickness while you are well. 居安思危。
100. Success belongs to the persevering. 堅持到底必獲勝利。堅持就是勝利。
101. Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功來自於克服困難的鬥爭。
102. Such beginning, such ending. 有怎樣的開始，就有怎樣的結束。
103. Such carpenters, such chips. 什麼樣的木匠，出什麼活。
104. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 一天的不幸已夠人受的了，別再自尋煩惱。
105. Suit the action to the word. 怎麼說就怎麼做。
106. Sure bind, sure find. 捆得好，逃不了。
107. Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. 猜疑傷害莫逆之交。
108. Sweep before your own door. 先律己，後律人。
109. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 言語投機恨時短。

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001. Rain before seven; fine before eleven. 雨過天晴。
002. Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky. 晴日之後有雨水，烏雲過去見青天。
003. Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship. 船沈鼠先竄。
004. Readiness is all. 有備無患。
005. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 讀書養神，鍛煉健身。
006. Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. 博覽群書使人完美無瑕，冥思苦想讓人深刻精邃，論證闡述讓人頭腦清晰。
007. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. 讀書使人淵博，交談使人機敏，寫作使人嚴謹。
008. Read not books alone, but men. 不要光是讀書，還要識人。
009. Ready money is a ready medicine. 現錢等於成藥。
010. Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for. 真正的學問，像其他一切有價值的東西一樣，是不容易得到的，必須學習、鑽研、思考，最重要的是必須有迫切的要求。
011. Reap as (or what) one has sown. 自食其果。
012. Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine. 養兒防老。
013. Reason binds the man. 理智約束著人。
014. Reason deceives us often, conscience never. 理性常騙人，良心永不欺。
015. Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool. 理智指導聰明人，而且打擊愚蠢漢。
016. Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的響導和光輝。
017. Reason rules all things. 情理管萬事。
018. Reckless youth makes rueful age. 虛度青春，悔恨無已。
019. Remember thou are but a man. 記住你自己只不過是一個人。
020. Repentance is good, but innocence is better. 悔罪雖好，無罪更佳。
021. Repetition is the mother of knowledge. 反覆學習是知識之源。
022. Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault. 無功得名是常事，無過失名也是常事。
023. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 應該做的決心做，決心做的務必做。
024. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 君須自敬，人乃敬之。
025. Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms. 責任必須負在肩上，不能挾在腋下。
026. Rest breeds rust. 停止須生銹。
027. Revolutions are not made with rose water. 革命不是繡花。
028. Riches do not always bring happiness. 富未必永遠帶幸福。
029. Riches either serve or govern the possessor. 財富可以侍候主人，也可以支配主人。
030. Riches have wings. 財富難保。
031. Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. 財富事智者，卻又馭蠢人。
032. Rivers need a spring. 大河要有源頭。
033. Roll my log and I'll roll yours. 互相吹噓。
034. Rome was not built in a (or one) day. 羅馬不是一日建成的。
035. Run (or Hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with the hounds. 兩面討好。

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001. Quality is better than quantity. 質重於量。
002. Quality matters more than quanity. 質量比數量重要。
003. Quarrels of lovers but renew their love. 情人爭爭吵吵，自會言歸於好。
004. Quick at meal, quick at work. 吃得快，做得快。
005. Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth. 手勤腳快，嘴裡吃飽。
006. Quietness is best. 寧靜最好。
007. Quietude is the crown of life. 安靜是生命的皇冠。

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001. Paddle your own canoe. 自立更生，自食其力。
002. Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了傷疤忘了痛。
003. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饒了壞人便傷了好人。
004. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和努力會使我們度過難關。
005. Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden. 忍耐是朵花，並非人人園中都開發。
006. Patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治療一切傷痛的藥膏。
007. Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一種美德。
008. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，但它的果實是甜蜜的。
009. Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好的藥物。
010. Patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐心，時間和金錢可以征服一切。
011. Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一報還一報。
012. Peace on earth and good will towards men. 願世界得太平，人間持善意。
013. Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思危，此乃萬全之策。
014. Pen and ink is wit's plough. 筆墨是才智之犁。
015. Penny and penny laid up will be many. 積少成多。
016. Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聰明，大事糊塗。
017. People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人們不缺力量，缺的是決心。
018. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 失敗十九次，堅持而不動，待到二十次，大事就成功。
019. Perseverance is vital to success. 不屈不撓是成功之本。
020. Pitchers/Walls have ears. 隔牆有耳。
021. Pity is akin to love. 憐憫近乎愛情。
022. Plants of learning must be watered with the rain of tears. 知識的幼苗要用淚雨來澆灌。
023. Pleasant hours fly fast. 歡樂的時間過得快。
024. Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody. 討好每個人，人人不討好。
025. Pleasure has a sting in its tail. 樂中必有苦。
026. Plenty is no plague. 富裕絕非災禍。
027. Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance. 詩歌只不過是最美麗、最感人、最有力的說話方式，這也就是詩歌的價值。
028. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 詩人是世上沒有得到承認的立法者。
029. Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 禮貌不費分文而可贏得一切。
030. Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事，和善地說話。
031. Poor men's words have little weight. 人微言輕。
032. Poverty breeds strife. 貧窮引起鬥爭。
033. Poverty is apain, but no disgrace. 貧困是痛苦，但不是恥辱。
034. Poverty is no shame, laziness is. 貧窮不害羞，懶惰才可恥。
035. Poverty is no sin. 貧窮不是罪惡。
036. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 貧非恥，恥貧乃恥。
037. Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. 貧窮並不可恥，窮而不爭氣才可恥。
038. Poverty is the mother of all arts. 貧困乃一切藝術之源。
039. Poverty is the mother of health. 缺乏是健康之母。
040. Poverty is the reward of idleness. 貧窮是游手好閒的報應。
041. Poverty is the root of all evils. 窮困是萬惡之源。
042. Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. 老而貧窮，負擔沈重。
043. Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 貧困才能顯出敵和友。
044. Poverty tries friends. 貧窮考驗朋友。
045. Practice is better than precept. 身教勝於言教。
046. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
047. Practice what you preach. 言必行。
048. Praise is not pudding. 恭維不是布丁。
049. Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 讚揚使好人更好，壞人更壞。
050. Praise no man till he is dead. 蓋棺論定。
051. Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach. 說教的人不身體力行，就只能空談，不能起教育作用。
052. Prepare for a rain day. 未雨綢繆。
053. Prevention is better than cure. 預防勝於治療。
054. Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和溫雅決不會共處在一起。
055. Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。
056. Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 驕兵必敗。
057. Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. 驕傲一開始，恥辱接踵至。
058. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 驕傲可能披著老一套的外衣出現。
059. Pride must be pinched. 驕傲必須收斂。
060. Pride will have a fall. 驕者必敗。
061. Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪費時間。
062. Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 進展即今日的活動和明日的保證。
063. Promise is debt. 許願就是債，欠了不容賴。
064. Promise little but do much. 少許願，多做事。
065. Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 順境顯邪惡，逆境見善性。
066. Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them. 順境交朋友，逆境試真情。
067. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 諺語言短簡，得自老經驗。
068. Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 諺語是一國的思想精華。
069. Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 諺語是時代的智慧。
070. Prove thy friends ere thou have need. 需要朋友之前，先要加以考驗。
071. Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最壞的準備，可以得到最好的結果。
072. Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 天公總是佑強者。
073. Punctuality is the soul of business. 嚴守時間是辦事情的重要原則。
074. Purpose supposes foresight. 深謀遠慮。
075. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管閒事。
076. Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一把力。
077. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。
078. Put the shoe on the right foot. 責備應受責備者，表揚應受表揚者。

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001. Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 樹大招風。
002. Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服從是軍人的第一職責。
003. Observation is the best teacher. 觀察為良師。
004. Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. 人生最可寶貴的是聲譽，軀體入土後，聲譽猶存。
005. Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A bad the bitterest curse of human life. 賢妻最可貴，惡婦是災星。
006. Offence is the best defence. 進攻是最好的防禦。
007. Of nothing comes nothing. 無中不能生有。
008. Often and little eating makes a man fat. 少吃多餐，身強體胖。
009. Of two evils choose the least. 權衡兩害，取其輕者。
010. Of young men die many, of old men escape not any. 年輕人死得不少，而年邁者是在劫難逃。
011. Old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不釀蜜。
012. Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到老鳥。
013. Old birds are not to be caught with shaff. 老謀是不會失算的。
014. Older and wiser. 越老越聰明。
015. Old foxes want no tutors. 老狐狸不需要教師。
016. Old friends and old wine are best. 古交友情深，陳酒香味醇。
017. Old love will not be forgotten. 舊情永難忘。
018. Old vessels must leak. 舊船必漏。
019. Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最好燒，陳酒最好飲，老友最可靠，老作家的書最好讀。
020. Old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 老柴好燒，老書宜讀。
021. Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 老柴好燒，老馬好騎。
022. O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in thy name! 自由啊！假你的名義犯了多少罪啊！
023. Omelets are not made without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。
024. Once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼，永遠是魔鬼。
025. Once a knave, ever a knave. 一朝失足，鑄成千古恨。
026. Once a man and twice a child. 一次為成人，兩度當小孩。
027. Once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草繩。
028. Once is no custom. 一次不成例。
029. Once on shore, we pray no more. 一旦上了岸，就不再祈禱。
030. On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind. 在世界上沒有一件東西有如人那樣偉大，在人之內沒有一件東西有如人心那麼偉大。
031. One barking dog sets all street a-barking. 一狗吠聲響，狗吠滿街坊。
032. One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐享其成。
033. One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. 一個男孩比十二個女孩還要麻煩。
034. One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man. 人難一世稱雄，但可一生為人。
035. One cannot be in two place at once.
036. One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but one must hear of it a hundred times. 為人一生一件蠢事也不做，但要聽到上百遍蠢事。
037. One cannot eat one's cake and have it. 事難兩全其美。
038. One cannot get blood from a stone. 石頭裡抽不出血。
039. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 朽木不可雕。
040. One cannot make bricks without straw. 巧婦難為無米之炊。
041. One cannot put back the clock. 光陰一去不復返。
042. One chick keeps a hen busy. 一隻小雞已夠母雞辛忙。
043. One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一葉可障目。
044. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. 光輝生活中忙迫的一個小時抵得上無為的一世。
045. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. 一滴之毒，毒染整桶之酒。
046. One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. 十個朋友做的好事抵不上一個敵人造成的危害。
047. One enemy is too much. 一個敵人也太多。
048. One false move may lose the game. 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
049. One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫釐，謬以千里。
050. One father can support ten children, ten children cannot support one father. 一個父親能扶養十個孩子，十個孩子卻不能贍養一個父親。
051. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. 一個父親勝於一百個教師。
052. One flower makes no garland. 一木不能成林。
053. One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few. 朋友成百猶覺少，仇敵一人已嫌多。
054. One fool makes many. 一人傻，傻大家。
055. One foot is better than two crutches. 一隻腳勝過兩根枴杖。
056. One good head is better than a hundred strong hands. 上百雙有力的手，不如一個聰明的頭腦。
057. One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. 一個好的母親頂得上一百個教師。
058. One good turn deserves another. 以德報德。
059. One half of the world does not know how the other half lives. 貧富不相知。
060. One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls. 深知底蘊，不以為怪。
061. One honest word is better than two oaths. 兩句誓言不如一句實話。
062. One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after. 午夜前睡一小時抵得上午夜後睡三小時。
063. One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 今天的一個小時抵得上明天的兩個小時。
064. One love drives out another. 新愛逐舊歡。
065. One man makes a chair and another man sits in it. 坐享其成。
066. One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge. 只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈。
067. One man's meat is another man's poison. 一個人的佳餚常為另一人的毒藥。
068. One may sooner fall than rise. 跌倒容易爬起難。
069. One may think that dares not speak. 人可思其不敢言者。
070. One misfortune comes on the neck of another. 禍不單行。
071. One must draw the line somewhere. 人之所為，總有限度。
072. One must drink as one brews. 自作自受。
073. One must howl with the wolves. 入鄉隨俗。
074. One never loses anything by politeness. 有禮貌對自己不會吃虧。
075. One never loses by doing a good turn. 行善者決無一失。
076. One penny witgh right is better than a thousand without right. 合法得來一個錢，勝過非法錢一千。
077. One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows. 有的耕，有的播，誰來收穫很難說。
078. One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. 一隻爛蘋果爛一蘿蘋果。
079. One should eat to live, not live to eat. 人為生而食，非為食而生。
080. One sin opens the door for another. 一個罪惡常為另一個罪惡開門。
081. One's mantle falls on somebody. 春風化雨。
082. One sows another reaps. 不勞而獲。
083. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
084. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. 一次痛苦的經驗抵得上千百次的告誡。
085. One today is worth two tomorrows. 今天一天抵明天兩天。
086. One who can do everything can do nothing. 什麼都能做，什麼都不行。
087. One woe doth tread upon another's heels. 禍不單行。
088. One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game. 棋錯一著，全盤皆輸。
089. One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret. 一念之錯可鑄終生之恨。
090. Only that which is honestly got is gain. 正當的收入才是真正的收入。
091. Only they who fulfill their duty in everday matters will fulfill them on great occasions. 只有在日常事務上盡責的人，才能在重大事情上盡責。
092. On the choice of friends. Our good or evil name depends. 朋友的選擇可影響名譽的好壞。
093. On the great clock of time there is but one word, "Now." 在偉大的時鐘上，只有一個詞，就是「現在」。
094. Open confession is good for the soul. 坦白交代，身心愉快。
095. Open not your door when the devil knocks. 不要受人的誘惑。
096. Opportunity makes the thief. 疏忽招盜賊。
097. Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 機不可失，失不再來。
098. Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish. 只要努力工作而有志向，機會遲早終會來臨。
099. Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 別人為食而生活，我為生活而食。
100. Our affections are our life. -- We live by them; they supply our warmth. 我們的感情，是我們的生命，我們靠它生存，我們的溫暖是它供應。
101. Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them. 最好的朋友是指出我們的缺點並幫助改正的人。
102. Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. 最美好的教訓不是得之於成功，而是來之於不幸。
103. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. 我們最大的光榮並不在於永不跌倒，而在於每次跌倒後能起來。
104. Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in sacrificing ourselves for others. 我們最大幸福並不是殺害別人，而是為別人而犧牲自己。
105. Our own actions are our security, not others' judgements. 我們的行為是自己的保證而不是別人的鑒定。
106. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 最甜美的的歌是訴說最悲傷的哀思。
107. Out of debt, out of danger. 無債一身輕。
108. Out of sight, out of mind. 久違情疏。眼不見，心不煩？
109. Overdone is worse than undone. 過猶不及。

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001. Napolean himself was once a crying baby. 即使是拿破侖，過去也是啼哭的嬰孩。
002. Nature abhors a vacuum. 自然界裡是沒有真空的。
003. Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak. 天賦我們兩耳，兩眼，一張嘴巴，歸根到底該多聽，多看，少說話。
004. Nature is the glass reflecting truth. 大自然是反應真理的一面鏡子。
005. Nature teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies. 自然教我們愛朋友，宗教卻教我們愛敵人。
006. Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians. 自然，時間和耐心，是三大偉大的醫生。
007. Nature will have its course. 天行其道。
008. Naughty boys sometimmmes make good men. 頑皮淘氣的男孩子有時成為仁人君子。
009. Necessity and oportunity may make a coward valient. 需要和機會可能使懦夫變成勇士。
010. Necessity (or Need) has (or knows) no law. 需要面前無法律。
011. Necessity is the mother of invention 窮則變，變則通。
012. Necessity knows no law. 鋌而走險。
013. Need makes the old wife trot. 人急造反，狗急跳牆。(事急老嫗跑。)
014. Needs must when the devil drives. 情勢所迫，只好如此。
015. Neglect of health is doctor's wealth. 忽視健康，醫生財旺。
016. Never be weary of well doing. 行善莫厭煩。
017. Never cackle till your egg is laid. 事竟成，才聲張。
018. Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk. 不要過河拆橋。
019. Never do things by halves. 做事情不要半途而廢。
020. Never embark on what comes after without having mastered what goes before. 如未掌握好已學過的東西，切莫從事更深的學習。
021. Never fry a fish till it's caught. 捉到魚，才煎魚。
022. Never judge by appearances. 人不可貌相。
023. Never neglect an opportunity for improvement. 抓住大好時機，切莫等閒錯過。
024. Never offer to teach fish to swim. 切莫教魚游泳。
025. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事，今日畢。
026. Never put the plow before the oxen. 不要本末倒置。
027. Never say die! Up man, and try. 不要氣餒，朋友，振作起來，干！
028. Never say of another what you would not have him hear. 莫說不想讓人聽見的話。
029. Never show the bottom of your purse or your mind. 錢包不露底，思想需保留。
030. Never swap (or swop) horses while crossing the stream. 騎渡中流莫換馬。(指危難時不宜做大變動)
031. Never think yourself above your business. 切莫自視過高。
032. Never too late to mend. 過則勿憚改。
033. Never too late to repent. 過則勿憚改。
034. Never too old (or late) to learn. 學到老，學不了。
035. Never (or Don't) trouble trouble till trouble troulbes you. 切莫自尋麻煩。
036. Never trust another what you should do yourself. 自己應該做的事，決不要委託別人做。
037. Never trust of fine words. 切勿輕信漂亮的言詞。
038. New brooms sweep clean. 新官上任三把火。
039. New lords, new laws. 新官新法。
040. News is like fish. 新聞就像魚，過後不新鮮。
041. Newspapers are the world's mirrors. 報紙是世界之鏡。
042. Nightingales will not sing in a cage. 夜鶯困籠不唱歌。
043. No answer is also answer. 不回答也是一種回答。
044. No bees, no honey; no work, no money. 沒有蜜蜂就沒有蜜，沒有勞動就沒有錢。
045. No cross, no crown. 無苦即無樂。
046. No gains without pains. 不勞無獲。
047. No garden without its weeds. 有利必有弊。
048. No good building without a good foundation. 基礎不好，建築不牢。
049. No great loss without some small gain. 塞翁失馬，安知非福。
050. No herb will cure love. 想思病，無藥醫。
051. No joy without annoy. 喜中有憂。
052. No living man all things can. 世上無全能。
053. No longer pipe, no longer dance. 運不逢時，事不得意。
054. No love is foul, nor prison fair. 沒有骯髒的愛情，也沒有美麗的監獄。
055. No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled. 沒受過他人的統治，就不能很好地統治他人。
056. No man can do two things at once. 心無二用。
057. No man can make a good coat with bad cloth. 巧匠難以劣布制美服。
058. No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. 不犯千般錯誤，難成偉大人物。
059. No man ever became thoroughly bad at once. 沒有一個人是一下子就壞透的。
060. No man ever yet became great by imitation. 笑顰不能成西施。
061. No man is a hero to his valet. 僕從目中無英雄。
062. No man (or one) is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。
063. No man is content. 人心是不滿足的。
064. No man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year. 人越活越想活。
065. No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself. 沒有一個人因為他自知最糟就是最糟。
066. No man (or one) is wise at all times. 聰明一世糊塗一時。
067. No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die. 縱然知其難免一死，人卻難料何時身亡。
068. No man learns but by pain or shame. 不經痛苦羞辱，難以取得教訓。
069. No man loves his fetters be they made of gold. 即使腳鐐黃金鑄，無人愛上這刑具。
070. No money, no honey. 沒有金錢，就沒有愛情。
071. None are so deaf as those who will not hear. 不願傾聽意見者最聾。
072. None but a wise man can employ leisure well. 唯智者善於利用空閒。
073. None but the brave deserve the fair. 英雄才能配美人。
074. None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. 只有那個穿鞋人，才知哪裡鞋軋腳。
075. None knows the weight of another's burden. 看人挑擔不吃力。
076. None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. 螞蟻不說話，但最善於說教。
077. None so blind as those who won't see. 最瞎莫如視而不見。
078. None so deaf as those that won't hear. 置若罔聞。
079. No news is good news. 沒有消息就是好消息。
080. No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectlymoral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. 所有的人自由後，才能完全自由；所有的人都有道德，才能完全合乎道德；所有的人都幸福了，才能真正幸福。
081. No one can call back yesterday. 往日不復返。
082. No one can disgrace us but ourselves. 除非羞恥自由取，他人豈能辱吾？。
083. No one can have all he desires. 無人能有所欲有。
084. No one is a fool always, every one sometimes. 無人總是當傻瓜，人人有時當傻瓜。
085. No one (or man) is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。
086. No one is wise at all times. 人總有一時之失。
087. No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. 不勞則無獲，共難才得福，有榮必有辱，無苦即無樂。
088. No pains, no gains. 不勞則無獲。
089. No piper can please all ears. 眾口難調。
090. No pleasure without alloy (or pain or repentance). 樂中有悲。
091. No possession, but use, is the only riches. 真正的財富不是佔有，而是使用。
092. No practice, no gain in one's wit. 吃一塹，長一智。
093. Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call; she come unlooked for, if she comes at all. 我不輕蔑名譽，也不需要她的青睞；如果她竟來的話，也是不求而自來的。
094. No road is long with good company. 途有好伴，不覺路遠。
095. No root, no fruit. 沒有根，就沒有果。
096. No rose without a thorn. 玫瑰都有刺。
097. No rule without an exception. 沒有一條規則沒有例外。
098. No safe wading in an unknown water. 未知水深淺，涉水有危險。
099. No smoke without some fire. 無風不起浪。
100. No song, no supper. 不勞無獲。
101. No sooner said than done. 言而必行。
102. No sunshine but bath some shadow. 有明必有暗。
103. No sweat, no sweet. 不勞則無獲。
104. No sweet without some sweat. 不勞則無獲。
105. Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
106. Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man. 飢不擇食。
107. Nothing comes from (or of) nothing. 無風不起浪。
108. Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it. 無風不起浪。
109. Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man. 飢不擇食。
110. Nothing crave, nothing have. 有求才有應。
111. Nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny. 一分錢，一分貨。
112. Nothing is difficult to a man who wills. 世上無難事，只怕有心人。
113. Nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart). 有志者事竟成。
114. Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try. 天下無難事，只怕不努力。
115. Nothing is really beautiful but truth. 只有真理才是真美。
116. Nothing is stolen without hands. 無風不起浪。
117. Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 除非消滅跳蚤，做事不必急躁。
118. Nothing seek, nothing find. 無所求，則無所獲。
119. Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something. 塞翁失馬，安知非福。
120. Nothing so necessary for travellers as languages. 旅行者最需要的是幾種語言。
121. Nothing succeeds like success. 一事成功，事事順利。
122. Nothing to be got without pains but poverty. 只有貧困可以不勞而獲得。
123. Nothing venture, nothing win (or have or gain). 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
124. Nothing will come of nothing. 無風不起浪。
125. No time like the present. 只爭朝夕。
126. Not let the grass grow under one's feet. 不失時機。
127. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. 新奇生樂趣。
128. No vice goes alone. 壞事不單行。
129. No way is impossible to courage 勇敢面前沒有通不過的路。
130. No wisdom like silence. 智者寡言。
131. Now or never. 機不可失，失不再來。
132. No wrong without remedy. 無錯不可糾。

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001. Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak. 少女應溫良謙恭，敏於聽而慎於言。
002. Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. 盡力而為，盡力節約，盡力施捨。
003. Make haste slowly. 從容趕急。
004. Make hay while the sun shines. 趁熱打鐵。
005. Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain) 身處山窮水盡，力爭柳暗花明。
006. Make the night night, and the day day, and you will have a pleasant time of it. 白天當白天，夜晚當夜晚，生活過得好，愉快而多歡。
007. Make your enemy your friend. 要化敵為友。
008. Make yourself necessary to someone. 使你有益於人。
009. Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. 只有人，生下時啼哭，活著時抱怨，去世時失望。
010. Man has not a greater enemy than himself. 人之大敵，自己而已。
011. Man is a tool-using animal. 人是用器之獸。
012. Man is mortal. 人生誰無死。
013. Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creature of man. 並非時勢造人，而是人造時勢。
014. Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 人之幸福，自己創造。
015. Manners make the man. 禮貌造就人。
016. Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在天，成事在人。
017. Man's best plans often miscrarry. 神機妙算，常常失算。
018. Man's best possession is a loving wife. 男人最可貴的是有一個賢淑的妻子。
019. Man will conquer nature. 人定勝天。
020. Many a fine dish has nothing on it. 虛有其表。
021. Many a flower is born to blush unseen. 有許多花兒生來就開著沒有人欣賞。
022. Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。
023. Many a good father hath but a bad son. 好父親偏生不肖子。
024. Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. 積少成多。
025. Many ants kill the horse. 蟻多可殺馬。
026. Many a true word is spoken in jest. 戲言寓真理。
027. Many dishes, many diseases. 多吃多病。
028. Many drops makes a shower. 積少成多。
029. Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings. 有許多偉人出身卑微。
030. Many hands are better than one. 眾擎易舉。
031. Many hands make a burden lighter. 眾擎易舉。
032. Many hands make light (or quick) work. 人多活兒輕。
033. Many have suffered for talking, none ever suffered for keeping silence. 多言吃苦，緘默少禍。
034. Many heads are better than one. 集思廣益。
035. Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake. 醉翁之意不在酒。
036. Many men, many minds. 人多意見多。
037. Many one says well that thinks ill. 口蜜腹劍者不乏其人。
038. Many receive advice only the wise profit by it. 聆忠言者眾，智者獨獲益。
039. Many sands will sink a ship. 積沙沈船。
040. Many straws may bind an elephant. 草多可縛象。
041. Many wells, many buckets. 井多吊桶也多。
042. Many words cut (or hurt) more than swords. 惡語傷人勝刀見。
043. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. 三月來如雄獅，去如綿羊。
044. Marriage comes by destiny. 姻緣命中定。
045. Marriage goes by contrasts. 夫妻之間難免有差異。
046. Marriage is a lottery. 婚姻是一件難於預料的事。
047. Marriage is a lottery with more blanks than prizes. 結婚如同摸彩票，空票多而中票少。
048. Marriaage is the bloom or blight of all men's happiness. 結婚是人生的幸福花朵開放的時候，也可能是凋謝的時候。
049. Marriage makes or mars a man. 婚姻能成全人也能損害人。
050. Marriage! Nothing else demands so much from a man! 結婚！沒有什麼比結婚對人要求更多的了。
051. Marry in haste, and repent at leisure. 草率結婚後悔多。
052. Marry in lent, and you'll live to repent. 借債結婚，後悔一生。
053. Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you . 給兒子娶親，想在什麼時候皆可；把女兒嫁人要在有力量時才行。
054. Master should be soetimes blind and sometimes deaf. 不癡不聾，不作阿家翁。
055. Measure another's corn by one's own bushel. 以己度人。
056. Measure for measure. 以牙還牙。
057. Measure is treasure. 適度是寶。
058. Measure thrice before you cut once. 三思而後行。
059. Medicines are not meant to live on. 不能靠藥物度日子。
060. Men are mortal. 人生自古誰無死。
061. Men, at soome time, are masters of their fates. 人有時是自己命運的主人。
062. Men know where they were born, not where they shall die. 人能知其生於何地，不能知其死於何方。
063. Men love to hear well of themselves. 阿諛奉承話，人們皆愛聽。
064. Men may meet but mountains never. 人生何處不相逢。
065. Men of courage, men of sense, and menof letters are frequent: but a true gentleman is what one seldom seen. 有勇氣，有見識，有學問的人易遇，可是真正的君子難逢。
066. Men too seldom see their own faults. 人們很少能看到自己的過錯。
067. Mere words will not fill a bushel. 空言無補。
068. Merry is he that hath nought to lose. 人無所失，不亦樂乎。
069. Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
070. Method will teach you to win time 方法可教會你贏得時間。
071. Mickle power makes many enemies. 權高樹敵多。
072. Might is (or makes or overcomes) right. 強權就是公理。
073. Mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
074. Miracels are to those who believe in them. 妖由人興。
075. Mischief has swift wings. 飛來橫禍。
076. Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets. 愛財如命。
077. Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows. 落難時不擇夥伴。
078. Misery loves company. 同病相憐。
079. Misery makes strange bedfellows. 患難時不擇友。
080. Misfortune comes on wings and departs on foot. 遭災易，消災難。
081. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良師。
082. Misfortunes come at night. 災禍常生於不測。
083. Misforunes come on horseback and go away on foot. 遭災易，消災難。
084. Misfortunes (or Hardships) never (or seldom) come alone (or singly). 禍不單行。
085. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 經過災難方知福。
086. Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends. 患難見友情。
087. Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs. 不要嘲笑皮匠的黑拇指。
088. Moderation in all things is the best of rules. 中庸之道是最好的準則。
089. Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue. 謙遜不僅可增添光彩也可以維護美德。
090. Modesty is the ornament of woman. 端莊可為婦女增添光彩。
091. Money answers all things. 金錢是萬能的。
092. Money begets (or breeds or gets) money. 錢產生錢。
093. Money borrowed is soon sorrowed 債台高築，愁上心頭。
094. Money burns a hole in his pocket. 錢到袋裡留不住。
095. Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls sway. 金錢會上門，不會留下來，因為是圓的，所以會滾開。
096. Money can buy the devil himself. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
097. Money can move even the gods. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
098. Money doesn't grow on trees. 錢不是從天上掉下來的。
099. Money has no smell. 金錢無所謂香臭。
100. Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned. 金錢是無底的海洋，榮譽、良心和真理都可以淹沒在其中。
101. Money is a good servant, but a bad master. 金錢是好的僕役，壞的主人。
102. Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it. 金錢本身無好壞，要看怎樣利用它。
103. Money is often lost for want of money. 往往由於缺乏金錢而喪失金錢。
104. Money is something, but no everything. 金錢能買到某物，但不是萬能的。
105. Money is the key that opens all doors. 金錢是打開一切門戶的鑰匙。
106. Money is the root of all evil. 金錢是萬惡之源。
107. Money is the sinews of war. 無錢莫打仗。
108. Money makes the mare to go. 錢可通神。
109. Money often unmakes the men who make it. 為富不仁。
110. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 智力投資，決非虛擲。
111. Money talks. 有錢能講話。
112. More die by food than by famine. 饑饉而死的少，飽食而死的多。
113. More haste, less speed. 欲速則不達。
114. More of our worries come from within than from without. 煩惱發乎內者多於發乎外。
115. More worship the rising than the setting sun. 人都向旭日膜拜，不向夕陽頂禮。
116. Most things have two handles. 大多數事物總有兩種解釋。
117. Mother's darlings are but milksop heroes. 奶水泡出懦弱漢。
118. Mountains look beautiful from a distance. 遠處看山山更美。
119. Much cry and little wool. 雷聲大，雨點小。
120. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 當前發生諸種事，大多為人所不知。
121. Much will have more. 貪得無厭。
122. Murder will out. 殺人終必敗露。
123. Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. 音樂有撫凶暴心靈的魅力。
124. Music is the eye of the ear. 音樂是耳朵的眼睛。
125. Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. 音樂是醫治心靈創傷的妙藥。
126. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. 音樂可洗去靈魂中日常生活所沾染的污垢。
127. My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife; but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life. 兒子只有在娶妻前是兒子，女兒則終生是女兒。