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1、 只问目的，不问手段。Ask only the end, not the means.

2、 健康和融洽是人生两大幸事。Health and understanding are the two great blessing of life.

3、 对自己孩子感到高兴的，才是幸福的人。He is happy who is happy in his children.

4、 远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.

5、 每个人都以为自己的东西了不起。Every man thinks his own geese swans.

6、 最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。The sweetest grapes hang highest.

7、 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。A mouse that has but one hole must die.

8、 经过灾难方知福。Fortune is best found in adversity.

9、 时间一去不再来，我们常说时间充足，实际。总是不够。Lost time is never found again. It's never enough.

10、 牛失其尾，方知其贵。An ox is known by its tail.

11、 患难见真友。A friend in need is a friend indeed.

12、 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。It is easier to fall into a trap than to get out of it.

13、 血浓于水。Blood is thicker than water.

14、 起身不早，一天的工作难做好。He that does not rise early never does a good day's work.

15、 孤芳自赏。Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

16、 乐中必有苦。No pleasure without pain.

17、 井枯方知水可贵。We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

18、 养虎贻患。Bring up a mussel.

19、 江山易改，本性难移。A leopard cannot change its spots.

20、 择书如择友。Choose a book as your friend.

21、 不会求者不会生。He that cannot be won cannot be won.

22、 不自以为聪明的人是最聪明的人。He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.

23、 结婚的好处并不在于成人可生养孩子,而在于孩子可助人成熟。The advantage of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.

24、 一滴之毒，毒染整桶之酒。One drop of poison infects the whole cask of wine.

25、 一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another.

26、 井多吊桶也多。Many Wells, many buckets.

27、 爱情和咳嗽是不能掩饰的。Love and a cough cannot be hid.

28、 吃饭是为了生存，但生存不是为了吃饭。Eat to live, but not live to eat.

29、 幸福不觉光阴过。Happiness takes no account of time.

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30、 文明不能改变本性。Civilization cannot change nature.

31、 妇女在受危害时比男子机智。Women in mischief are wiser than men.

32、 美德远比美丽更美好。Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

33、 在世界上没有一件东西有如人那样伟大，在人之内没有一件东西有如人心那么伟大。Nothing in the world is so great as man, nothing in man is so great as mind.

34、 人多嘴杂。厨师多烧坏汤？Too many cooks spoil the broth. Too many cooks spoil the broth?

35、 荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。Honour to whom honour is due.

36、 猫有九条命。A cat has nine lives.

37、 口头方便不费力。Verbal convenience is effortless.

38、 不能以己度人。One cannot measure another's corn by one's own bushel.

39、 母亲的心肠是孩子的课堂。A mother's heart is a child's classroom.

40、 团结则存，分裂则亡。United we stand, divided we fall.

41、 善良的心灵胜于显贵的地位。A good heart is better than a place of honour.

42、 年轻人死得不少，而年迈者是在劫难逃。Young men die many, old men escape not any.

43、 未来属于懂得等待的人。The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.

44、 狐狸的臭味道，自己先嗅到。The fox smells his own stink first.

45、 正当得到的一分钱，胜过偷来的一元钱。A honest penny is better than a stolen dollar.

46、 坏人服从出于怕，好人服从出于爱。Bad men obey from fear, good men from love.

47、 天下无不散之筵席。All good things must come to an end.

48、 看布裁衣。Cut the coat according to the cloth.

49、 不要嘲笑皮匠的黑拇指。Do not laugh at a cobbler's black thumb.

50、 遇事多问，随处可行。Ask as much as you can.

51、 爱情大处着眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。Love thinks big, but envy finds fault.

52、 万事皆通，一无所长。He who knows everything knows nothing.

53、 好人走运人更好。Good men and lucky men are better.

54、 拔苗助长。Let the grass grow before it grows.

55、 说得容易，做得难。Easier said than done.

56、 绸缎要熄灭厨房的火。Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen.

57、 闲话少说，言归正传。Cut the chatter and get down to business.

58、 识时务者为俊杰。He is wise that knows the truth.

59、 注意你的理智，声调自会小心。Watch your reason, the tone will take care of itself.

60、 如要骡子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。If a mule without faults, he must walk on foot.

61、 落难时不择伙伴。A friend in need is a friend indeed.

62、 时间可以医治一切创伤。Time cures all things.

63、 作最好的希望，作最坏的打算。Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

64、 富不过三代。Three generations.

65、 老谋是不会失算的。Old birds are not to be missed.

66、 我们的失败多数是由于缺乏自信。Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.

67、 切莫一见钟情。Love at first sight.

68、 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。It is not work that kills, but worry.

69、 不要异想天开。Don't cry for the moon.

70、 行为可显出一个人的品性。Actions reveal a man's character.

71、 最简短的回答就是干。The shortest answer is doing.

72、 一言说出，难以收回。A word spoken cannot be recalled.

73、 要多看少说。See more and speak less.

74、 眼痛总比瞎眼好。Better eye sore than blind.

75、 败事容易成事难。Easy come, easy go.

76、 浓缩的都是精品。A little body often harbors a great soul.

77、 时机失了无法挽回。Time lost cannot be redeemed.

78、 智者善听人言。A wise man is a good listener.

79、 没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。No love is foul, nor prison fair.

80、 事难两全其美。You can't have your cake and eat it.

81、 小事聪明，大事糊涂。Penny wise and pound foolish.

82、 以德报怨的人得到胜利。He that returns good for evil wins.

83、 大希望造就大人物。Great hopes make great man.

84、 正人先正己。He who is upright is upright.

85、 骄傲必须收敛。Pride must be tamed.

86、 损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。The loss of time is the costliest of all losses.

87、 入夜方能赞美白昼。The night can praise the day.

88、 团结就是力量。Unity is strength.

89、 人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.

90、 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。Great hopes make great man.

91、 我们希望长大，但怕年老；就是，愿意生，而害怕死。We want to grow old, but we fear old age; To be willing to live and afraid to die.

92、 按部就班，循序渐进。Step by step.

93、 你去购买东西时，要用眼睛莫用耳。When you go shopping, use your eyes rather than your ears.

94、 贼了解贼，正如狼了解狼。A thief knows a thief as a Wolf knows a Wolf.

95、 门不关就得开，二者必居其一。/非此即彼。A door must be either shut or open. / it's either/or.

96、 艺人处处可安家。An artist lives everywhere.

97、 贵人多忘事。Great men forget.

98、 势均力敌。It's a tie.

99、 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full.

100、 爱人和得到人爱是人生最大的幸福。To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.