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1.
Proverbs are the wisdom of the age.
谚语是时代的智慧。
2.
None so deaf as those that won't hear.
置若罔闻。
3.
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
4.
It is a sad house when the hen crows louder than the
cock.
母鸡司晨家不兴。
5.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
6.
It is better to fight for good than to fail at the
ill.
宁为善而斗，毋屈服于恶。
7.
Purpose supposes foresight.
深谋远虑。
8.
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
9.
Don't trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,
or
a wolf with sheepfold.
不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。
10.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
weep,
and you weep alone.
你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。
11.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
12.
Better be half hanged than ill wed.
与其成怨偶，不如守单身。
13.
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
兔子不吃窝边草。
14.
We only live once, but if we work it right, once is
enough.
年华没虚度，一生也足矣。
15.
The best fish swim near the bottom.
好鱼居深渊。
16.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
察其友知其人。
17.
Vain glory blossoms but never bears.
虚荣能开花，但从不结果。
18.
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
19.
Dying is as natural as living.
生死由命，富贵在天。
20.
One foot is better than two crutches.
一只脚胜过两根拐杖。
21.
Nothing succeeds like success.
一事成功，事事顺利。
22.
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
虚度青春，悔恨无已。
23.
Spend money like water.
挥金如土。
24.
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
爱情无贵贱，贫富皆有之。
25.
So many countries, so many customs.
一个国家有一个国家的风俗。
26.
Readies is all.
有备无患。
27.
Use a book as a bee does flowers.
读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华。
28.
No rule without an exception.
没有一条规则没有例外。
29.
Sorrow is at parting if at meeting there be laughter.
离别多愁恨，相见尽笑声。
30.
One's mantle falls on somebody.
春风化雨。
31.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
读书养神，锻炼健身。
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