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001. Labour is light where love doth pay. 愛情作酬報，勞苦必輕鬆。
002. Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤勞常為快樂之源。
003. Labour is the capital of our working men. 勞動力是勞動人民的資本。
004. Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 沒有知識比黑夜還要黑。
005. Late repentance is seldom true. 後悔少有誠意。
006. Laugh and grow fat. 心寬體胖。
007. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟獨你自哭。
008. Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills. 生病不憂慮，節省醫藥費。
009. Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. 樂極生悲。
010. Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
011. Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法網只捉蒼蠅，不捉黃蜂。
012. Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 訴訟將消耗時間、金錢、休息和失去朋友。
013. Lazy folks take the most pains. 懶漢多吃苦。
014. Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 學問在得意時是裝飾品，失意時是庇護所，年老時是供應品。
015. Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 學問是窮人的財富，是富人的榮譽，是青年的幫助，是老年的支持和安慰。
016. Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。
017. Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。
018. Learn to creep before you leap. 循序漸進。
019. Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。
020. Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要學會受痛苦而不怨，這是我教你的至要之事。
021. Learn to walk before you run. 循序漸進。
022. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要從別人的愚行中學到聰明。
023. Learn young, learn fair. 學習趁年輕，既學就學好。
024. Least said, soonest mended. 多說反壞事。
025. Lend your money and lose your friend. 賠了夫人又折兵。
026. Let beggars match with beggars. 龍配龍，鳳配鳳。
027. Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。
028. Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 縱使困難重重，也不喪失勇氣。
029. Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 飲水思源。
030. Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 飲水思源。
031. Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自己。
032. Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。
033. Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。
034. Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我們的心目中要有國家，要有整個國家，而且只有我們的國家別如其他。
035. Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既來之，則安之。
036. Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。
037. Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。
038. Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。
039. Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤勞，嘴莫多說。
040. Let things take their course. 聽其自然。
041. Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非就非。
042. Liars have need of good memories. 謊言者要有好的記憶力。
043. Liars should have good memories. 說謊的人應有好的記性。
044. Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law. 自由就是做法律許可做的事情的權力。
045. Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放縱。
046. Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由隨便，經常墮落到無法無天。
047. Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。
048. Lies have short legs. 謊言是站不住腳的。
049. Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一場從生到死的戰鬥。
050. Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 對善思考者，人生為喜劇；對憑感覺者，人生為悲劇。
051. Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花朵，愛情是花蜜。
052. Life is a shuttle 生活猶如梭子。
053. Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。
054. Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。
055. Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到認識人生，已經一半過去了。
056. Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好利用，生命就長了。
057. Life if made up of little things. 生活是由瑣事構成的。
058. Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的價值是用思想和行為來衡量的，而不是壽命的長短。
059. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生並不全是吃喝玩樂。
060. Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy. 人生雖短，但表示禮貌的時間還是足夠的。
061. Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暫，光陰易逝。
062. Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。
063. Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression. 人生必須永遠前進，才不愧為有理智的人。
064. Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世無朋友，死後無證人。
065. Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。
066. Light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困難，大聲叫嚷；大困難，悶生不響。
067. Like attracts like. 物以類聚。
068. Like author, like book. 書如其人。
069. Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。
070. Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。
071. Like cures like. 以毒攻毒。
072. Like draws to like. 物以類聚。
073. Like draws to like the whole world over. 物以類聚，世間皆如此。
074. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
075. Like knows like. 英雄識英雄。
076. Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。
077. Like teacher, like pupil. 有其師必有其徒。
078. Like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。
079. Little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行遠。
080. Little bodies may have great souls. 小小的軀體會有偉大的心靈。
081. Littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
082. Little pigeons can carry great messages. 少年也可以成大事。
083. Little pitchers have great (or large) ears. 小孩子耳朵長。
084. Little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。
085. Little thieves are hanged, but great one's escape. 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯。
086. Little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。
087. Little wealth, little care. 財少寡憂。
088. Live and learn. 活到老，學到老。
089. Live and let live. 自己生活，也要讓他人生活。
090. Live to learn and learn to live. 生而學之，學而生之。
091. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活沒有目標，猶如航海沒有羅盤。
092. Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 馬未偷走前，廄門先鎖上。
093. Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 樹大招風。
094. Long absent, soon forgotten. 長久不在的人，很快被忘懷。
095. Long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽擱太久就沒有人會感謝了。
096. Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 對萬事要樂觀。
097. Look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。
098. Lookers-on see more than players. 旁觀者清。
099. Lookers-on see most of the games. 旁觀者清。
100. Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海底撈月。
101. Look not for musk in dog's kennel. 狗嘴裡吐不出象牙。
102. Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要浪費時間，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行動。
103. Losers are always in the wrong. 失敗者總是錯的。
104. Losses make us more cautious 損失使人更謹慎。
105. Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. 時間一去不再來，我們常說時間充足，實際。總是不夠。
106. Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的財富可由勤奮而恢復，失去的知識可由學習而恢復，失去的健康可由節制或藥物而恢復，但失去的時間卻一去永不復返。
107. Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要愛一切人，相信少數人，不要負於任何人。
108. Love and business teach eloquence. 愛情和買賣可以培養口才。
109. Love and cough cannot be hid. 愛情和咳嗽是不能掩飾的。
110. Love and poverty are hard to hide. 愛和窮難隱瞞。
111. Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. 愛情要求忠誠，而忠誠要求堅貞。
112. Love begets love. 愛愛相生。
113. Love cannot be forced 愛情不強求。
114. Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 愛情可使茅屋成為金碧輝煌的宮殿。
115. Love comes by looking. 情人眼裡出西施。
116. Love does much, money does everything (ormore). 愛情做許多事，金錢做任何事。
117. Love fears no danger. 愛情不怕危險。
118. Love grows with obstacles. 磨折越多，愛情越深。
119. Love is a sweet torment. 愛情是一種甜蜜的折磨。
120. Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly. 愛情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情願地受它的折磨。
121. Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的。愛情使人對缺點視而不見。情人眼裡出西施。
122. Love is full of trouble. 愛情多煩惱。
123. Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases. 愛情像月亮，不營即虧。
124. Love is neither bought nor sold. 愛情不能買賣。
125. Love is never without jealousy. 愛情莫不忌妒。
126. Love is not to be found in the market. 愛情在市場上是找不到的。
127. Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending. 愛情始甜而終苦。
128. Love is the mother oflove. 愛產生愛情。
129. Love is the reward of love. 愛情就是愛的報答。
130. Love is the touchstone of virtue. 愛情是美德的試金石。
131. Love is the true price of love. 愛情只能用愛情來報答。
132. Love is without reason. 愛情是沒理智的。
133. Love laughs at locksmith 春閨鎖不住。
134. Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 愛情無貴賤，貧負皆有之。
135. Love looks with telescope; envy with microscope. 愛情大處著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。
136. Love makes all equal. 戀愛不分貴賤。
137. Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 愛情把一切冷酷的心變得溫柔。
138. Love makes obedience easy. 愛情使服從變為易事。
139. Love makes one fit for any work. 愛情使人適合任何工作。
140. Love makes the world go round. 愛情使世界運轉。
141. Love me little and love me long. 不求情意濃，但願情義長。
142. Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
143. Love needs no teaching. 愛情無需教導。
144. Love not at the first look. 切莫一見鍾情。
145. Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks. 情侶靠愛情生活，正像雲雀靠韭蔥生活一樣。
146. Love rules his kingdom without a word. 維持愛情，不用強力。
147. Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord. 愛的統治不用刀槍，捆綁不用繩索。
148. Love should not be all on one side. 愛情不應是單方面的。
149. Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. 追求而得的愛情固然美好，但不經追求而得的愛情更為美好。
150. Love thy neighbours as thyself. 愛鄰如愛己。
151. Love understands love; it needs no talk. 愛情可以意會，無需言傳。
152. Love will find out the way. 愛情會自找出路。
153. Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge. 愛你的左鄰右舍，但不要拆去你們之間的藩籬。
154. Lying is the first step to the gallows. 說謊是上斷頭台的第一步。
155. Lying rides upon debt's back. 負債的人謊話多。

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001. Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 備而不用。
002. Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤。
003. Keeping is harder than winning. 創業不易，守業更難。
004. Keep some till more come. 更多的到手以前，要保持手裡的一點。
005. Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管閒事。
006. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. 婚前張開眼，婚後半閉月。
007. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 要多看少說。
008. Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 殺雞取蛋
009. Kind hearts are more than coronets. 善良的心靈勝於顯貴的地位。
010. Kindness always begets kindness. 善有善根。
011. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. 善良是連結社會的金鏈。
012. Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand. 善良為語言，聾子能天見啞巴懂心間。
013. Kindness is the sunshine of social life. 仁慈是社會生活中的陽光。
014. Kindness will creep where it may not go. 仁慈可進入任何禁地。
015. Kind words are the music of the world. 善言是世上的音樂。
016. Kind words are worth much and cost little. 口頭方便不費力。
017. Kind words butter no parsnips. 畫餅充飢。
018. Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing. 親幫親，鄰幫鄰，無親無助你倒霉。
019. Knavery may serve, but honestyis best. 欺詐可能得計，但誠實總是上策。
020. Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知識的獲得是循序漸進而不是突飛猛進的。
021. Knowledge comes from experience alone. 知識來自經驗。
022. Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 學識可使老年時舒適地退隱和有所寄托；但如果年青時不使它紮下根，老年就得不到它的庇護。
023. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知識是一座寶庫，實踐是打開寶庫的鑰匙。
024. Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯，而知無涯。
025. Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 知識有兩種，一種是我們自己知道的東西，另一種是知道哪裡可以找到有關的資料。
026. Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量。
027. Knowledge is the antidote to fear. 知識可以解除恐懼。
028. Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed. 知識是萬物中最珍貴的財寶，丟不掉，偷不走，也不會損耗。
029. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知識令人謙虛；無知使人驕傲。
030. Knowledge will not be aquired without pain and application. 不花力氣，不下功夫是得不到知識的。
031. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist. 只有知識而無實踐，只能造就半瓢水的藝術家。
032. Know something like the palm of one's hand. 熟知其事，瞭如指掌。
033. Know something of everything and everything of something. 既要有一般常識，又要有專業知識。
034. Know thyself. 知道你自己。

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001. Jack of all trades and master of none. 什麼都會，樣樣不精。
002. Jack of all trades is of no trade. 萬事皆通，一無所長。
003. Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 你跟驢子開玩笑，將被驢尾打耳光。
004. Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours. 是喜是憂難以分。
005. Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night. 暮去必將朝至，苦盡常會甜來。
006. Joy put heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽。
007. Joy shared with others are more enjoyed. 與人同樂，其樂無窮。
008. Jadge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相。
009. Judge not according to the appearance. 不要以貌取人。
010. Judge not of men and things at first sight. 審人論事宜謹慎，一見之下莫斷定。
011. Justice has long arms. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

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001. I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 進退維谷。
002. I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隸，也不是俘虜，我有力量可以克服更大的艱難險阻。
003. I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be. ) 今日之我已非昔日之我。
004. I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不僅要使自己有才智，而且也要使別人有才智。
005. I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一個真正偉大的人，對他的第一個考驗就是看他是否謙遜。
006. I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友，而又對你阿諛奉承。
007. I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我認為，只有在腦海中想起好朋友時我才會那樣快樂。
008. Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我們猶如水手，可借它指引航向。
009. Idle folks have most labour. 懶漢總嫌活太多。
010. Idle folks lack no excuses. 懶漢辯解，何患無詞。
011. Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懶惰是行乞的敲門磚，是萬惡的根源。
012. Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懶惰是萬惡之源。
013. Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懶惰使腦子生銹。
014. Idleness rusts the mind. 懶惰使人的頭腦遲鈍。
015. Idle young, needy old. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
016. If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him. 傻瓜惹著你，你別跟他纏。
017. If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空錢袋，裝入腦袋，那就無人能夠把錢奪走。
018. If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 如果以肯定開始，必將以懷疑告終；如果願以懷疑開始，必將以肯定告終。
019. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 初試不成功，努力勿懈怠。
020. If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet. 如果醫藥不能幫助，那麼注意三件事∶休息，愉快，飲食調和。
021. If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street). 眾擎易舉。
022. I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts. 敵人獻禮品，千萬莫輕信。
023. If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行，自有美名聲。
024. If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. (If it is not broken, do not fix it. ) 不正確的事不做，不真實的話不說。
025. If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。
026. If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的並不在於一個人怎樣死，而是在於他怎樣生。
027. If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金錢的主人，就會做金錢的奴隸。
028. If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果沒有人愛你，肯定是你自己有問題。
029. If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成點事，就得付出代價一干。
030. If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了需就什麼都行，那麼山羊也可以說教了。
031. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 問道于盲，無益於事。
032. If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，誰提都行。
033. If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不饞，心不貪。
034. If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是給忠告。
035. If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸藥不苦不會加糖衣。
036. If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不調，五穀價高。
037. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。
038. If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 異想天開
039. If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture. 若有人稱讚你，要自問對不對。
040. If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做兩次，人人都可稱明智。
041. If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 兩人同騎一馬，必有一人在後。
042. If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我們決定寬恕一個敵人，但決不能相信他。
043. If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 隨遇而安。
044. If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者幹傻事，愚蠢到極點。
045. If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 願望不等於事實。
046. If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. 得寸進尺。
047. If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 運氣太好，得意忘形；運氣太壞，無人理會。
048. If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能強強壯壯，那麼無美德也可快快樂樂。
049. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。
050. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你現有的吧。
051. If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指揮有方，人人欣然聽命。
052. If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿記，受恩勿忘。
053. If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想尋歡作樂，代價非付不可。
054. If you don't aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，難攀高峰。
055. If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧婦難為無米之炊。
056. If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old. 年青時躺在玫瑰上，老年時就會躺在荊棘上。
057. If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 遠朱者赤，近墨者黑。
058. If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一塊一塊把石移，高山也可變平地。
059. If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 兩頭落空。
060. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蝕了本也輸了利。
061. If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒駡無益，於事無濟。
062. If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不試就相信，死前要悔恨。
063. If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患無辭。
064. If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己動手。
065. If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知識，必須刻苦學習。
066. If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必須備戰。
067. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人請教。
068. If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想為快樂奠立可靠的基礎，美好的名聲便是奠基的石頭。
069. If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得賢妻子，須娶好女兒。
070. If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你須親自動手搞。
071. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金錢價，不妨把錢借；借錢味難嘗，使人心悲傷。
072. If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想與人成仇結怨，只要借錢給人再催還。
073. Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚顏無恥由於愚昧無知。
074. Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 無知會多疑。
075. Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 對法律不知不能免罪。
076. I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半；對的，就做下去，不對，就丟開。
077. I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功無秘訣，只是努力幹。
078. I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。
079. I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上無天才，勤學加苦練。
080. Ill air slays sooner thant the sword. 污濁的空氣殺人比刀還要快。
081. Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 發橫財，家不發
082. Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。
083. Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。
084. Ill news comes space. 惡事傳千里。
085. Ill news flies fast. 惡事傳千里。
086. Ill news never comes too late 壞消息來得快。
087. Ill news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。
088. Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知識更重要。
089. Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想像有時比現實生動得多。
090. Imagination is the source of creation. 想像是創作之源。
091. I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三點∶努力、努力、再努力。
092. Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜時間，時間才會珍惜你。
093. In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平靜的海上易駛船。
094. In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 發現大河有大魚，可得注意別溺斃。
095. In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望為佳，不應悲觀而失望。
096. In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敵人的缺點容易找。
097. In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 歷代最偉大的思想都載入史冊而不朽。
098. In doing we learn. 行而知。
099. Industry if fortune's right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，節儉是幸福的左手。
100. Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奮使身體健康，使心情開朗，使思想專注，使經濟充裕。
101. In every beginning think of the end. 思前顧後。
102. In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。
103. In every rank, great or small, 'Tis industry supports us all. 不論高的低的各級人士，所持的都是勤勞。
104. In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。
105. In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 豐年五穀賤如草，荒年稻草貴如糧。
106. In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋，多謀得勝利。
107. In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏鬥中，只有日日前進不甘失敗的人，才能獲勝。
108. In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 節欲不縱情，心情得安寧。
109. I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。
110. In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 處順境時要小心，處逆境時要耐心。
111. In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。
112. Interest will not lie. 興趣不會說謊。
113. In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 順利時要快樂，不利時要思索。
114. In the deepest water is the best fishing. 絕處能逢生。
115. In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 選擇妻子也象策畫戰爭，一時之錯將成終身之恨。
116. In the end things will mend. 船到橋頭自會直。
117. In the evening one may praise the day. 入夜方能讚美白晝。
118. In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黃泉，貧富同眠。
119. In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人國裏，獨眼稱王。
120. In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明鏡照容顏，醇酒見人心。
121. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 謀士多，保安全。
122. In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 處世似游泳，不會即下沉。
123. In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。
124. In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在深山有遠親，窮在鬧市無人問。
125. In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可見自己的臉，酒中可見別人的心。
126. In wine there is truth. 酒後吐真言。
127. In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年時代是黃金的，壯年時代是白銀的，老年時代是灰鉛的。
128. I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能獻給祖國。
129. I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我認為，人喪失了廉恥就完了。
130. I say little but I think the more. 我說得少，但我想得多。
131. I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡時夢覺生活是美事，醒來發現生活是責任。
132. I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因為有決心，從不猶豫。
133. It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 驕傲的心碰上獻媚的嘴，是最危險不過的。
134. It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良馬不失蹄。
135. It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想壞事，好舌不出惡聲。
136. It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 對己之不幸付之一笑，這是一門偉大的藝術。
137. It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有彎。
138. It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同樣是缺點。
139. It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊，這是凶跡象。
140. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家醜不可外揚。
141. It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世間有樂者最可憐。
142. It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃兩次虧。
143. It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon. 只有呆鵝才去聽狐狸說教。
144. It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家難免有敗類。
145. It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 識時務者為俊傑。
146. It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父賢知其子。
147. It is better to be alone than in bad company. 無友要比交壞友好。
148. It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 寧可穿破衣，不可蒙羞恥。
149. It is better to be safe than sorry. 事後追悔不如事前穩妥。
150. It is better to do well than to say well. 理論好不如實際好。
151. It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 與其抱怨，不如積善。
152. It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜發火，不如使他快活。
153. It is better to wear out than to rust out. 與其鏽掉，不如用壞。
154. It is dogged (that) does it. 天下無難事，只怕有心人。
155. It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升難。
156. It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著辦事難。
157. It is easier to pull down than build. 敗事容易成事難。
158. It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 養虎易，馴虎難。
159. It is easy to be wise after the event. 當事後諸葛亮容易。
160. It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 對每一件事知道一些是容易的，對任何一件事詳細知道是困難的。
161. It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 開設店鋪易，維持常開難。
162. It is easy to prophesy after the event. 事後諸葛亮，預言頂便當。
163. It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸魚。
164. It is good to be merry at meal. 席間心情愉快是為上策。
165. It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患難時得到朋友是幸運的。
166. It is good to learn at another man's cost. 前車之覆，後車之鑒。
167. It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 養女容易嫁女難。
168. It is hard to please all parties. 取悅各方，談何容易。
169. It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 對朋友不義，不可能對國家效忠。
170. It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。
171. It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什麼都不做要比做一點更不好受。
172. It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一個人那裏上兩次當只能怪自己。
173. It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鷹勝鴿，不足為榮。
174. It is not every couple that is a pair. 成雙並非皆配偶。
175. It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡獅不是好事。
176. It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的，不是幫助，而是磨難，不是方便，而是困難。
177. It is not how long but how well we live. 問題不是活得長不長而是活得好不好。
178. It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一個人不論年齡多大，都要學習不懂的東西，這不是羞恥。
179. It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
180. It is not work that kills, but worry. 勞動不傷人，憂慮才傷人。
181. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 潑水難收。
182. It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 話講得多是一回事，講得恰當是另一回事。
183. It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都應該用得其所。
184. It is the first step that costs. 萬事開頭難。
185. It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother. 一切優秀的人通常都從他們母親那裏繼承優良的因素。
186. It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人總不免要犯錯誤，只有蠢人才堅持不改。
187. It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本質是只看到別人的錯處而忘卻了自己的過失。
188. It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知識，都能得到，這是知識的特點。
189. It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船觸礁後在拋錨，為時已經太晚了。
190. It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 馬後炮。
191. It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 賊出關門。
192. It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。
193. It matters not how long we live but how. 問題不是活得多麼長，而是活得怎麼樣。
194. It never rains but it pours. 禍不單行。(不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。)
195. It's a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良馬不失蹄，賢妻不聒絮。
196. It's a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人間有樂趣者最可憐。
197. It's a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。
198. It's earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山難。
199. It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 墮入陷阱易，脫離陷阱難。
200. It's hard sailing when there is no wind. 沒有風難航行。
201. It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. 高價賣不為過，短斤少兩才有罪。
202. It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。
203. It's no use pumping a dry well. 徒勞無益。
204. It takes all sorts to make a world. 萬千事物，形成世界。
205. It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有兩個人才吵得起來。
206. I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American. 我生下來是美國人，活著是美國人，死時也是美國人。
207. I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下時啼哭，後來每天的生活說明了為什麼。
208. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading 寧為窮漢住擱樓，擁有好書任我讀，不願身居帝王位，縱有好書不愛讀。
209. I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold. 我寧願得到人們的深情至愛，而不願黃金成雄。

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001. Habit cures habit. 新風移舊俗。
002. Habit is second nature. 習慣成自然。
003. Half a tale is enough for a wise man. 聰明人凡事只須聽一半，就會明白究竟。
004. Half a loaf is better then no bread. 半塊麵包亦勝無。
005. Half the world knows not how the other half lives. 富人不知窮人苦。
006. Hang up one's fiddle when one comes home. 在外談笑風生，在家悶悶不樂。
007. Hang up one's hat in another's house. 在別人家裡久留不去，長期居住。
008. Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常樂。
009. Happiness takes no account of time. 幸福不覺光陰過。
010. Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年時代快樂的人是幸福的。
011. Happy is he that is happy in his children. 對自己孩子感到高興的，才是幸福的人。
012. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 記得青年時所做的愚笨事的人是幸福的。
013. Happy is he who owes nothing. 無債一身輕。
014. Happy is the man that owes nothing. 無債一身輕。
015. Hardships never come alone. 禍不單行。
016. Hard words break no bones, fine words butter no parsnips. 粗話無害，甘言無益。
017. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 虎落平陽被犬欺。
018. Harm set, harm get. 自作自受。
019. Harm watch, harm catch. 害人反害己。
020. Haste makes waste. 拔苗助長。
021. Hasty climbers have sudden falls. 大起者有大落。
022. Hasty love is soon hot and soon cold. 草草率率談戀愛，熱得快也冷得快。
023. Hasty love, soon cold. 匆忙的愛情冷得快。
024. Hatred is blind as well as love. 愛情與仇恨同樣是盲目的。
025. Have but few friends though many acquaintances. 朋友要少，熟人要多。
026. Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes out. 同類不相殘。
027. He alone is happy who commands his passions. 只有控制感情的人，才會幸福。
028. He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge. 沒有知識，才是貧窮。
029. Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. 健康愉快，相生相成。
030. Health and understanding are the two great blessing of life. 健康和融洽是人生兩大幸事。
031. Health does not consist with intemperance. 健康和放縱，彼此不相容。
032. Health is above wealth. 健康勝於財富。
033. Health is better than wealth. 健康勝於財富。
034. Health is happiness. 健康就是幸福。
035. Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知無病樂。
036. Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
037. Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
038. He bears misery best who hides it most. 最會隱瞞痛苦者，乃是最善忍受痛苦人。
039. He can who belive he can.
040. He dances well to whom fortune pipes. 鴻運來時，百事順遂。
041. He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour. 吃過苦頭，才配享受。
042. Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears. 籬笆有眼，隔牆有耳。
043. He dies like a beast who has done no good while he lived. 生時不做好事，死了像個畜生。
044. He gives twice that gives in a trice. 即刻就給予，等於給兩次。
045. He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is a wise man who will not. 愚笨人不會發怒，聰明人不願發怒。
046. He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背後說人好話的夠朋友。
047. He is a good man whom fortune makes better. 好人走運人更好。
048. He is a wise man who speaks little. 聰明的人話不多。
049. He is lifeless that is faultless. 人孰無過。
050. He is never alone that is in the company of noble thoughts. 思想崇高者，絕不會孤獨。
051. He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion. 不能偶而裝瘋賣傻，就不是一個聰明人。
052. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人先正己。
053. He is rich enough who has true friends. 有真朋友的人是富翁。
054. He is rich enough who owes nothing. 無債就是富。
055. He is the wise man who is the honest man. 誠實的人就是聰明的人。
056. He is the wisest man who does not think himself so. 不自以為聰明的人是最聰明的人。
057. He is truly happy who makes others happy. 真正幸福的是使人幸福的人。
058. He is unfortunate who cannot bear misfortune. 不能承受不幸的就是不幸。
059. He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself. 為己而生，生而可恥。
060. He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs. 聰明的人有足夠的才智處理自己的事情。
061. He is wise that is honest. 誠實者明智。
062. He is wise that knows when he's well enough. 知足的人是聰明的人。
063. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound. 富人不知窮人苦。
064. He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news. 彼叩門聲響，必來報佳音。
065. He knows best what good is that has endured evil. 忍過痛受過苦，最知幸福是何物。
066. He knows enough that can live and hold his peace. 見多識廣者沈默寡言。
067. He knows most who speaks least. 大智者寡於言。
068. He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue. 懂得緘默的是明白人。
069. He laughs best who laughs last. 誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好。
070. He lives long that lives well. 活得好等於活得長。
071. He lives twice who lives well. 生活得好的等於生活了兩次。
072. He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter. 一個既不用借債又不用奉承人的人，可以稱得上心滿意足。
073. He most lives who lives most for others. 活著對別人貢獻最多的人，活得最有意義。
074. He must needs go whom the devil drives. 勢在必行。
075. He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. 身不由己，只得從命。
076. He preaches best who lives best. 言教不如身教。
077. He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims ignorance. 誇耀知識實乃無知。
078. He that cannot ask cannot live. 不會求者不會生。
079. He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。
080. He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. 做賊心虛。
081. He that converses not knows nothing. 不和人交談的人一無所知。
082. He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall me. 受騙一次，別人可恥；受騙二次，自己該死。
083. He that doth lend, doth lose his friend. 失友都因借錢起。
084. He that doth most at once doth least. 想一次做完什麼事，結果一件也做不完。
085. He that doth what he will doth not what he ought. 為其所欲為者不為其所當為。
086. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也許明天會站起來。
087. He that fears death lives not. 怕死者活不了。
088. He that fears every bush must never go a-birding. 疑神疑鬼，絕無收穫。
089. He that fears you present, will hate you absent. 當面怕你的人背後會恨你。
090. He that gains time gains all things. 獲得時間就是獲得一切。
091. He that gains well and spends well needs no account book. 收支正當，無須記帳。
092. He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. 忍渴上床，起身健康。
093. He that has a full purse never wants a friend. 只要袋裡有，不愁沒朋友。
094. He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. 做賊心虛。
095. He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere. 遇事多問，隨處可行。
096. He that has a wife has a master. 娶了妻娶了個主人。
097. He that has no children knows not what is love. 沒有孩子的人，不懂什麼叫愛。
098. He that hath time hath life. 有時間，就有生活。
099. He that is angry is seldom at ease. 怒者寡寧。
100. He that is full of himself is very empty. 自滿的人是很空虛的。
101. He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody. 不知自愛的人也不會愛別人。
102. He that is master must serve. 主人必須會服務。
103. He that is master of himself will soon be master of others. 能主宰自己的人不久就可以主宰別人。
104. He that knows not how to hold his tongue knows not how to talk. 不知緘口的不善言。
105. He that knows nothing, doubts nothing. 無知就無疑。
106. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
107. He that lives long suffers much. 長壽的人多憂患。
108. He that lives well is learned enough. 生活好者，博學多才。
109. He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly. 生而缺德，死必寡誠。
110. He that marries for wealth sells his liberty. 為財富而結婚就是出賣自由。
111. He that never climbed never fell. 不向上爬的也不會下跌。
112. He that never rode never fell. 不騎馬就永不會從馬上跌下。
113. He that once deceived is never suspected. 一次行詐騙，永遠遇疑嫌。
114. He that returns good for evil obtains the victory. 以德報怨的人得到勝利。
115. He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
116. He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages. 求財而供神者必倍求而敬鬼。
117. He that spares the bad injures the good. 饒恕壞人便是傷害好人。
118. He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon. 與惡人交往，須特別提防。
119. He that talks much erre much. 言多必失。
120. He that talks much lies much. 多嘴的人說謊也多。
121. He that travels far knows much. 見多識廣。
122. He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth. 相信謊話的人必將在真理前滅亡。
123. He that walks with wise men should be wise. 與智者行即得其智。
124. He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell. 欲所得，必先勞。
125. He that will have his farm full, must keep an old cock and a young bull. 要使農家富又足，必須養雞又養牛。
126. He that will lie will steal. 說謊者必行竊。
127. He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作者不得食。
128. He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 會偷蛋的，也會偷牛。
129. He that will swear will lie. 賭咒的人是說謊的人。
130. He that will take the bird must not scare it. 欲捉鳥莫驚鳥。
131. He that will thrive must rise at five. 五更起床，百事興旺。
132. He that would command must serve. 欲做先生，先做學生。
133. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. 不勞無獲。
134. He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. 欲圖逸，得先勞。
135. He that would know what shall be must consider what has been. 欲知未然，須思已然。
136. He that would live in peace and rest must hear and see, and say the best. 要想太太平平，生活安定，必須耳聰目明，善言動聽。
137. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. 欲得女兒歡，先遂其母意。
138. He warms too near that burns. 取暖太近火，會被火灼傷。
139. He who avoids temptation avoids the sin. 避誘惑，免罪惡。
140. He who blames one to his face is a hero, but he who backbites is a coward. 當面責人是英雄，背後中傷是懦夫。
141. He who buys what he does not need will often need what he cannot buy. 平時隨便買，需時無錢買。
142. He who cannot hold his peace will never live at ease. 嘴巴不緊，生活不寧。
143. He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow. 能忍一時氣，可免一日優。
144. He who despises small things seldom grows rich. 小錢不計，大錢不聚。
145. He who does no good, does evil enough. 好事不做，壞事做絕。
146. He who does not advance falls backward. 不進則退。
147. He who does not gain loses. 無所得即有所失。
148. He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself. 人不貴妻，自我丟臉。
149. He who does not rise early never does a good day's work. 起身不早，一天的工作難做好。
150. He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. 怕吃敗仗的就要打敗仗。
151. He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. 怕吃苦頭的反因怕而吃苦頭。
152. He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither. 追逐兩隻兔，兩頭都落空。
153. He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. 與惡人交往而講仁義，必受其害。
154. He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick. 欲加之罪，何患無辭。
155. He who has done ill once will do it again. 幹了一次壞事的人會再干第二次。
156. He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, everything. 身體好就有希望，有希望就有一切。
157. He who has lost his good name is a dead man among the living. 喪失好名譽，猶如活死人。
158. He who has lost shame is lost to all virtue. 沒有廉恥心，沒有好德行。
159. He who has no shame has no conscience. 沒有廉恥的人，沒有良心。
160. He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is. 不吃苦中苦，哪知甜中甜。
161. He who hesitates is lost. 舉棋不定，坐失良機。
162. He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none. 自以為學識豐富的人是沒有什麼學問的人。
163. He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. 害怕問者恥於學。
164. He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. 恥於問者恥於學。
165. He who is born a fool is never cured. 生成的傻子總是治不好的。
166. He who knows most speaks least. 懂得多的說得少。
167. He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
168. He who likes borrowing dislikes paying. 愛借錢者不愛還錢。
169. He who lives by hope will die by hunger. 靠希望生活的人將飢餓而死。
170. He who lives in glass house should not throw stones. 正人先正己。
171. He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 經常訴苦抱怨，難以博得同情。
172. He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk. 弱肉強食。
173. He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 不犯錯誤，成不了事。
174. He who never was sick dics the first. 永不生病的人往往一病致命。
175. He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy. 克制火氣就是克制強敵。
176. He who plays with fire gets burned. 玩火者必自焚。
177. He who pleased everybody died before he was born. 眾口難調。
178. He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student. 想當作家，相當學生。
179. He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it. 受惠不忘，施恩不記。
180. He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 騎虎者難下。
181. He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
182. He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like. 歡喜說他歡喜的話者將要聽到他不歡喜的話。
183. He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 看破生死者，大多會成功。
184. He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it. 與熊分蜜糖，得不到多少。
185. He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. 講禮貌的得友情，好心腸的得感情。
186. He who spends more than he should, shall not have to spare when he would. 不該花的亂花，要花時沒有花。
187. He who stands alone has no power. 孤掌難鳴。
188. He who touches pitch will be difiled. 近墨者黑
189. He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot. 如要騾子無缺點，只有自己徒步行。
190. He who wills success is half way to it. 下定決心成功的人是成功了一半。
191. He who would catch fish mush not mind getting wet. 欲擒龍王，就得下海。
192. He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 爬梯必須從底層開始。
193. He who would search for pearls must dive below(or deep). 欲尋珍珠，須潛水下。
194. He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save. 不懂掙錢和積財，只能永遠當奴才。
195. He works best who knows his trade. 內行的人做他的事一定會做得最好。
196. Hide nothing from thy physician. 切莫諱疾忌醫。
197. Hide one's talents in a napkin. 埋沒自己的才能。
198. His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear. 嘴不淨者心不純。
199. History repeats itself. 歷史本身常重演。
200. Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. 隨機應變。
201. Hold fast when you have it. 緊握你手中之物。
202. Hold (or Run) with the hare and run (or hunt) with the hounds. 兩面討好。
203. Home is home, though never so homely. 不如歸去。
204. Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all. 誠實的人馬上結婚，聰明的人就不這樣。
205. Honesty is the best policy. 誠實是上策。
206. Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny-worth. 出高價買來的誠實，不會永遠沒有價值。
207. Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂會螫人。
208. Honour and profit lie not in one sack. 榮譽和利益不能並存。
209. Honours change manners. 榮譽能改變人的禮貌。
210. Honour to whom honour is due. 榮譽歸於應得榮譽的人。
211. Hope deferred makes the heart sick. 希望遲遲未實現，使人心煩意撩亂。
212. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 作最好的希望，作最壞的打算。
213. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. 希望是美味的早點，但又是難嚥的晚餐。
214. Hope is but the dream of those that wake. 希望是清醒者的夢想。
215. Hope is life and life is hope. 希望才有人生，人生要有希望。
216. Hope often deludes the foolish man. 希望常欺愚笨漢。
217. Hope springs eternal (in the human breast). 希望會產生，永遠無窮盡。
218. How shall I do to love? Believe. How shall I do to believe? Love. 怎樣對待愛情？要相信。怎樣才能相信？要有愛情。
219. Human pride is human weakness. 驕傲是人類的弱點。
220. Humility is the foundation of all virtue. 謙遜是一切美德的基礎。
221. Humility often gains more than pride. 謙遜往往比驕傲受益更多。
222. Hunger breaks stone wall. 飢餓不饒人。
223. Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. 飢餓引狼出森林。
224. Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. 飢不擇食。
225. Hunger is the best sauce. 饑者口中盡佳餚。
226. Hunger knows no friend. 饑難周友。
227. Hunger will relish the plainest fare. 飢不擇食。
228. Hungry belies have no ears. 饑寒起盜心。
229. Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. 飢不擇食。

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001. Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers. 靠欺騙得來的利益會使自己受害。
002. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 有花堪折直須折。
003. Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 天才常被天才誤。
004. Gifts from enemies are dangerous. 敵人禮，藏危險。
005. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
006. Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself. 授繩與愚，愚能自傅。
007. Give a lark to catch a kite. 得不償失。
008. Give as good as one gets. 以其人之道，還治其人之身。
009. Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself. 多行不義必自斃。
010. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. 要多聽少說。
011. Give hostages to fortune. 聽天由命。
012. Glory, honour, wealth, and rank, such things are nothing but shadows. 富貴如浮雲。
013. Glory is the shadow of virtue. 光榮是美德的影子。
014. God defend me from my friends; form my enemy I can defend myself. 防友靠天，防敵靠己。
015. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助之。
016. God never shuts one door but he opens another. 天無絕人之路。
017. God sends fortune to fools. 蠢人有蠢福。
018. God sends meat and the devil sends cooks. 鮮肉由天次，劣廚乃鬼遣。
019. Go farther and fare worse. 一動不如一靜。
020. Go for wool and come home shorn. 求得反失。
021. Gold will not buy everything. 黃金不能購買一切。
022. Good children make glad parents. 孩子好，父母笑。
023. Good counsel does no harm. 忠言無害。
024. Good counsel never comes amiss. 忠言有利無害。
025. Good counsel never comes too late. 忠言絕不嫌遲。
026. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven. 善行如日月經天。
027. Good fame is better than a good face. 美名勝美貌。
028. Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do. 以德報德，人人都能做到；以德報怨只有高尚的人才能辦到。
029. Good health is above wealth. 健康重於財富。
030. Good news goes on crutches. 好事不出門。
031. Goods are theirs that enjoy them. 能享受自己財產的人是財產的真正主人。
032. Good to begin well, better to end well. 善始好，善終更好。
033. Good watch prevents misfortune. 有備無患。
034. Good wine needs no bush. 酒好客自來。
035. Good wine needs no cries. 好酒無需叫賣。
036. Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools. 話好行為劣，欺騙智和愚。
037. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 光說好話而不見行動，一文不值。
038. Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. 搬事弄非者，必是撒謊人。
039. Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 早睡早起。
040. Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. 一人獨處慎于思，與人相處慎於言。
041. Grain by grain and hen fills her belly. 一粒一粒啄米，母雞填飽肚皮。
042. Grasp all, lose all. 貪多必失。
043. Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you. 困難像彈簧，你硬它就軟。
044. Grasp the shadow and let go the substance. 捨本逐末。
045. Grasp the thistle firmly. 毅然處理困難局面。
046. Great barkers are no biters. 吠犬不咬。
047. Great boast, small roast. 說得天花亂墜，成事微乎其微。
048. Great designs require great consideration. 宏偉的計劃須要慎重考慮。
049. Greatest genius often lies concealed. 大智若愚。
050. Great hopes make great man. 大希望造就大人物。
051. Great men are not always wise. 偉大的人物未必總是英明的。
052. Great men have great faults. 偉人也會鑄大錯。
053. Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。
054. Great oaks from little acorns grow. 萬丈高樓平地起。
055. Great souls suffer in silence. 偉人受苦，聲色不露。
056. Great talkers are commonly liars. 能言的人謊話多。
057. Great talkers are little doers. 人好說大話，並非實干家。
058. Great talkers are not great doers. 其人說得多，做得不會多。
059. Great winds blow upon high hills. 樹大招風。

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001. Facts are stubborn things. 事實是不容改變的東西。
002. Failure is the mother of success. 失敗是成功之母。
003. Faint heart never wins fair lady.
004. Fair and softly go far in a day. 謙和穩重，前程遠大。
005. Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋須修飾。
006. Faith will move mountains. 精誠所至，金石為開。
007. Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not. 困難見友情。
008. False friends are worse than open enemies. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
009. False tongue will hardly speak truth. 虛偽者不肯說真話。
010. False with one can be false with two. 對一個人虛偽，也會對兩個人虛偽。
011. Fame is a magnifying glass. 名譽是放大鏡。
012. Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名譽像條河，源頭最狹窄，遠處最寬闊。
013. Familiar paths and old friends are the best. 熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。
014. Far from eye, far from heart. 離遠而情疏。
015. Fast bind, fast find. 保存得好，東西好找。
016. Fasting comes after feasting. 今日有酒今日醉，明日無錢不揭鍋。
017. Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥雞不下蛋。
018. Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。
019. Fear is often greater than the danger. 杞人憂天。
020. Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要為未來擔憂，不要為過去悲泣。
021. Feed a cold and starve a fever. 傷風時宜吃，發熱時宜餓。
022. Feed a pig and you'll have a hog. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
023. Feed by measure and defy physician. 飲食有節制，醫生無用處。
024. Few words are best. 少說為妙。
025. Few words, many deeds. 少說話，多做事。
026. Fine clothes make the man. 人要衣裝。
027. Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 人不可貌相。
028. Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
029. Fine words butter no parsnips. 畫餅充飢。
030. Fine words dress ill deeds. 漂亮的言詞可以掩飾惡劣的行為。
031. Finished labours are pleasant. 大功告成，好不高興。
032. Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水火是忠僕，造災成元兇。
033. Fire proves gold, adversity proves men. 烈火顯真金，逆境識英雄。
034. Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. 關得最緊的火，燃燒得最熾烈。
035. Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters. 水火金錢是忠僕，使用不當是禍首。
036. First catch your hare, then cook him. 不要謀之過早。
037. First come, first served. 先來先賣。
038. First impressions are most lasting. 最初的印象最為持久。
039. First think, and then speak. 先想後說。
040. First try, and then trust. 試了才能相信。
041. Fish begins to stink at the head. 上樑不正下樑歪。
042. Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity. 奉承惹人喜，直言招人仇。
043. Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. 追求愛情，它要逃走；逃避愛情，它會跟你。
044. Fools grow without watering. 笨蛋自然成，無需澆水勤。
045. Fool's haste is no speed. 欲速則不達。
046. Fools have fortune. 戇人有戇福。
047. Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. 愚者設筵，智者赴宴。
048. Fools never know when they are well off. 傻瓜永遠不知道他們何時能享福。
049. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 智者裹足不前，愚者鋌而走險。
050. Fools will be fools. 笨蛋總是笨蛋。
051. Fools will be meddling. 愚者總好無事生非。
052. For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day. 為了年老和急須，要及時積蓄，因為早晨的太陽，不會整天照耀。
053. For a lost thing care nothing. 一事之失，不必介意。
054. Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果分外甜。
055. Force can never destroy right. 暴力絕不能摧毀正義。
056. Forget not that you are a man. 不要忘記你是一個人。
057. Forget others' faults by remembering your own. 想想自己的錯，就會忘卻別人的過。
058. Forgive and forget. 不念舊惡。
059. Forgive others but not yourself. 待人寬，對己嚴。
060. Fortune favours fools. 傻子有傻福。
061. Fortune favours the bold. 勇者天祐。
062. Fortune is fickle. 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
063. Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use of her. 知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。
064. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人人都有鴻運高照之日。
065. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 只要有耐心，總會走好運。
066. Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward. 幸運喜歡勇敢的人，而不喜歡怯懦的人。
067. Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother. 命運對一種人如親娘，對另一種人卻是晚娘。
068. Four eyes see more than two. 人多識廣。
069. Friendless is the dead. 沒有朋友者，等於是死人。
070. Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight. 朋友像琴弦，不能太擰緊。
071. Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. 交往過密過疏，都會失去朋友。
072. Friends are thieves of time. 交朋友，費時間。
073. Friendship cannot stand always on one side. 來而不往非禮也。
074. Friendship is love with understanding. 友誼是愛加上諒解。
075. Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs. 友誼可以增添歡樂，可以分擔憂愁。
076. Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies. 友誼是兩人一條心。
077. Friendship should not be all on one side. 友誼不該只是單方面的事。
078. Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is. 友誼地久天長。
079. Friends may meet, but mountains never greet. 朋友可相逢，高山永分離。
080. Friends must part. 天下無不散之筵席。
081. From a little spark may burst a mighty flame. 星星之火可以燎原。
082. From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance. 多聽增智慧，多言生後悔。
083. From saving comes having. 富有來自節約。
084. From short pleasure long repentance. 痛快一時，悔恨終身。
085. From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort. 榮譽由父次，安慰由母與。
086. Frugality is an estate alone. 僅僅節約就是一筆財產。
087. Fruit ripens not well in the shade. 陰涼處的果子不會成熟。
088. Full belies make empty skulls. 大腹便便，頭腦空虛

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001. Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥兒都愛聽自己唱歌。
002. Each day brings its own bread. 天無絕人之路。
003. Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命運掌握在自己手中。
004. Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不計較小事情。
005. Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鷹單飛，羊群集。
006. Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的錯誤可以釀成日後的麻煩。
007. Early sow, early mow. 播種早的收穫早。
008. Early start makes easy stages. 早開始是成功的保證。
009. Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聰明。
010. Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。
011. Easier said than done. 說話容易做事難。
012. East or west, home is best. 在家千日好，出門時時難。
013. Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。
014. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 隨意吃飯，適度飲酒。
015. Eat one's cake and have it. 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草。
016. Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃飯是為了生存，但生存不是為了吃飯。
017. Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用，穿是使別人受用。
018. Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教養始於教育，成於社交。
019. Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在於培養品德。
020. Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。
021. Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶響聲大。
022. Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常樂。
023. Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒，高峰招風吹。
024. Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必詐。
025. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 錯誤像稻草，漂浮在水面。欲覓珍珠者，須往水下潛。
026. Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非聖賢，孰能無過。
027. Even the walls have ears. 隔牆有耳。
028. Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
029. Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺點。
030. Every bird likes its own nest. 人愛其家。
031. Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人都管，大家不管。
032. Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守諾言的人。
033. Every bullet has its billet. 無風不起浪。
034. Every cloud has a silver lining. 山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又一村。
035. Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
036. Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。
037. Every country has its customs. 鄉有鄉俗。
038. Every couple is not a pair. 同床異夢，貌合神離。
039. Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常開。
040. Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你歷史上的一頁。
041. Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。
042. Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子。
043. Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。
044. Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家門前條條都凶悍。
045. Every door may be shut but death's door. 除了死門外，每門都可關。
046. Every extremity is a fault. 萬事過分都差誤。
047. Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聰明人無法彌補的岔子來的。
048. Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有傷心處。
049. Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋馬認為自己馱的袋子重。
050. Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人終成眷屬。
051. Every little makes a mickle. 積少成多。
052. Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼裡出西施。
053. Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聰明一世，糊塗一時。
054. Every man has his faults. 人孰無過。
055. Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。
056. Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。
057. Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱點。
058. Every man is best know to himself. 自己最瞭解自己。
059. Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一個人的好品質上也有不足之處。
060. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每個人都是他自己命運的建誅師。
061. Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每個人都是他自己的命運的主宰。
062. Every man is the son of his own works. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
063. Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每個人都以為自己的東西了不起。
064. Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。
065. Every mother's child is handsome. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
066. Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人對自己的命運總不感滿足。
067. Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。
068. Every pleasure has a pain. 樂中必有苦。
069. Every potter praises his own pot. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
070. Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
071. Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。
072. Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好處。
073. Everything has its seed. 無風不起浪。
074. Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的時機，不要隨意放過。
075. Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的結果。
076. Everything is good in its season. 萬物逢時皆美好。
077. Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 東西新的好，朋友老的好。
078. Everything is nice in your garden. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
079. Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源。
080. Everything new is fine. 新事物總是美好的。
081. Every tide hath its ebb. 興盛之日必有衰退之時。
082. Every tree is known by its own fruit. 觀其言行，知其為人。
083. Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因。
084. Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪惡來時，尺進寸退。
085. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交往惡劣，有損風度。
086. Evil gotten, evil spent. 悖入悖出。
087. Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。
088. Exchange is no robbery. 公平交易並非強行奪取。
089. Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 鍛煉、節制、新鮮空氣和必要的休息是最好的醫生。
090. Experience is a school from which one can never graduate. 經驗無止境。
091. Experience is the best teacher. 經驗是良師。
092. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
093. Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧來自經驗。
094. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 吃虧學乖代價高，笨漢非此學不好。
095. Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 親身經驗，才是經驗。
096. Experience must be bought. 若要得經驗，必須化代價。
097. Experience teaches. 經驗給人教訓。
098. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。
099. Extremes are dangerous. 物極必反。
100. Extremes meet. 否極泰來。
101. Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙還牙，以眼還眼。

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001. Danger is next neighbour to security. 危險是安全的近鄰。
002. Danger itself is the best remedy for danger. 危險本身就是對付危險的最好辦法。
003. Dead men tell no tales. 死人不會搬弄是非。
004. Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死，大家都一樣。
005. Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到處和我門相遇。
006. Death pays all debts. 人死百債了。
007. Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡來臨時，無可抗拒之。
008. Deeds, no words. 不要光說不練。
009. Debt is better than death. 負債總比死亡強。
010. Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. 行動是果實，言語只是樹葉而已。
011. Deeds are males, and words are females. 言柔弱無能，行剛強有力。
012. Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy. 深水靜靜流，淺溪潺潺流。
013. Delays are dangerous. 坐失良機必有憂患。
014. Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour. 著手前要深思熟慮，執行要果斷有力。
015. Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考慮要仔細，行動要迅速。
016. Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。
017. Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言不在多，而在有物。
018. Depend on others and you always repent. 依靠別人總要後悔。
019. Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反，狗急跳牆。
020. Destruction pursues the great. 樹大招風。
021. Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。
022. Dexterity comes by experience. 熟練來自經驗。
023. Diamond cut diamond. 強中更有強中手。
024. Diet cures more than the doctor. 藥補不如食補。
025. Diligence is near success. 勤奮近乎成功。
026. Diligence is the mother of good luck. 刻苦是成功之母。
027. Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奮是成功之母。
028. Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前進中的第一步。
029. Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇。
030. Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病，仇與債這三者，一露苗頭就砍掉。
031. Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心靈上的疾病比肉體上的疾病更危險。
032. Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. 疾病是不正當娛樂的代價。
033. Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲。
034. Disgraced may be he who thinks ill. 心懷不端的人是可恥的。
035. Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 為眾之所為，受眾之所誇。
036. Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入鄉要隨俗。
037. Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
038. Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
039. Dog does not eat dog. 物不傷其類。
040. Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 遠處叫得凶的狗，不會近身來咬人。
041. Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多謀寡成。
042. Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗搖尾巴，愛的是麵包。
043. Doing is better than saying. 行勝於言。
044. Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
045. Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow. 不要為所能為，不要花盡所有，不要全信所聞，不要言盡所知。
046. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩負義。
047. Do not despise your enemy. 萬勿輕敵。
048. Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必應。
049. Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒貶過早。
050. Do not run too fast after gain. 不要見利就拚命追。
051. Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. 不要向不如你幸運的人述說你的幸福。
052. Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 處在危難中，不宜大更動。
053. Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因為怕貧苦而放棄自由。
054. Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲，勿施於人。
055. Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚。
056. Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未來，莫潑贓水。
057. Don't count your chicken before they are hatched. 不要過早樂觀。
058. Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 勿緣木求魚。
059. Don't cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人憂天。
060. Don't fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未豐不要飛。
061. Don't cry out before you are hurt. 還沒受苦，就別叫苦。
062. Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離危險不要先歡呼。
063. Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫臨時抱佛腳。
064. Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一擲。
065. Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日畢。
066. Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要盡言所知，而要盡知所言。
067. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班門弄斧。
068. Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打來，贓水莫倒掉。
069. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自尋煩惱。
070. Don't whistle until you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離險境，不要過早高興。
071. Do one's level best. 盡力而為。
072. Dot the i's and cross the t's. 一點一劃，循規蹈矩。
073. Doubt is the key of knowledge. 懷疑乃知識的鑰匙。
074. Do well is better than say well. 說得好不如做得好。
075. Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢。
076. Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齊備，切莫妄動。
077. Draw water with a sieve. 竹籃子打水一場空。
078. Dream are lies. 夢不足信。
079. Dreams go by contraries. 夢想總與現實相反。
080. Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推動事業，不要讓事業來推動你。
081. Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水匯大海，壘石誅高牆。
082. Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人一根草也要抓。
083. Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地，明日潦倒窮途。
084. Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒後露真言。
085. Dumb dogs are dangerous. 啞犬最兇惡。
086. Dying is as natural as living. 死亡與生存一樣自然。

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001. Call a spade a spade. 據實而言。
002. Call me not olive till thou see me gathered. 蓋棺論定。
003. Call no man happy until he dies. 蓋棺才能定論。
004. Can the leopard change his spots? 江山易改，本性難移。
005. Care and diligence bring luck. 謹慎和勤奮，帶來好運氣。
006. Care brings grey hair. 憂慮催人老。
007. Care killed the cat. 憂慮傷身。
008. Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未來，莫潑贓水。
009. Cast not your pearls before swine. 明珠莫投暗。
010. Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 大事未成時，莫開慶功宴。
011. Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。
012. Caution is the parent of safety. 謹慎小心是安全之源。
013. Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron. 金鏈鎖人比鐵煉更牢靠。
014. Change lays not her hand upon truth. 真理不變。
015. Charity begins at home, but should not end there. 仁愛須由近及遠。
016. Cheat's never proper. 欺騙決非正當事。
017. Cheek brings success. 和氣生財。
018. Cheerful company shortens the miles. 旅有好旅伴，不覺行程遠。
019. Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light. 歡快與好意，勞動不覺累。
020. Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day. 看人看年少，看天看破曉。
021. Children and fools cannot lie. 孩子和傻子，不會說謊話。
022. Children and fools speak the truth. 孩子和傻子，說的是真話。
023. Children are the parents's riches. 子女是父母之財富。
024. Choice of the end covers choice of the means. 選擇目的包含著選擇手段。
025. Choose an author as you choose a friend. 選書如擇友。
026. Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. 選妻，最好用耳莫用眼。
027. Christmas comes but once a year. 佳節良辰，機會難得。
028. Circumstances are therulers of the weak, instrument of the wise. 弱者困於環境，智者利用環境。
029. Civility costs nothing. 禮貌不須什麼代價。
030. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清淨近乎神聖。
031. Clothes make the man. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
032. Come what may, heaven won't fall. 船到橋頭自會直。
033. Comfort is better than pride. 安慰勝過傲慢。
034. Coming events cast their shadows before them. 山雨欲來風滿樓。
035. Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less. 你的悲痛與人比，悲痛就會輕一些。
036. Comparisons are odious. 人比人，氣死人。
037. Confession is the first step to repentance. 悔罪先須認罪。
038. Confidence of success is almost success. 對成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。
039. Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life. 不怕死，然後才能生。
040. Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。
041. Content is better than riches. 知足常樂。
042. Content is happiness. 知足常樂。
043. Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。
044. Councils of war never fight. 主戰者不打仗。
045. Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. 放馬後炮。
046. Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告必須照辦，而不是讚美。
047. Count not your chickens before they are hatched. 不要過早樂觀。
048. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和決心是美德的靈魂。
049. Courtesy costs nothing. 謙虛恭敬，不用分文。
050. Cowards are cruel. 懦夫不仁。
051. Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas! 信譽像鏡子，破碎無法補。
052. Creditors have better memories than debtors. 放債人的記性比借債人好。
053. Crows do not pick crow's eyes. 同室不操戈。
054. Cry up wine and sell vinegar. 掛羊頭，賣狗肉。
055. Cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 口不應心。
056. Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇心，惹禍根。
057. Custom is a second nature. 習慣是第二天性。
058. Custom is the guide of the ignorant. 習俗是無知者的嚮導。
059. Custom makes all things easy. 若照習慣辦，萬事皆不難。
060. Custom rules the law. 習俗影響法律。
061. Custom without reason is but ancient error. 習俗沒有道理，古代謬誤而已。
062. Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons. 閒話少說，言歸正傳。
063. Cut the coat according to the cloth. 量布裁衣