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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。