Proverbs 英文諺語

proverbs 英文諺語(一)
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. 上樑不正下樑歪
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險
A man is known by the company he keeps. 觀其友，知其人
A miss is as good as a mile. 差之毫釐失之千里
A stitch in time saves nine. 一勞永逸
A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲
After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來，雨過天青
All good things come to an end. 花無百日紅，好景不常在
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作無消遣會使人遲鈍
As you make the bed, so you must lie in it. 自作自受
Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里
Beggars must not be choosers. 飢不擇食
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為雞首不為牛後
Clothes do not make the man. 人不可貌相
Constant dropping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石
Custom reconciles us to everything. 習慣成自然
Do to others as you would have others do to you. 推己及人
Don’ t bite off more than you can chew. 不要貪多嚼不爛
Every cloud has a silver lining. 凡事皆有好的一面，否極泰來
Example is better than precept. 身教重於言教
Experience is the best teacher. 前事不忘，後事之師
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 不經一事，不長一智
First impressions are most lasting. 先入為主
Good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口

Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同
Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常樂
Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達
He who is contented is rich. 知足者富
In wine, there is truth. 酒後吐真言
It is never too late to men. 亡羊補牢，時猶未晚
It takes two to make a quarrel/to tango. 一個巴掌拍不響
Let bygones be bygones. 過去的就讓它過去，既往不咎
Life is but an empty dream. 浮生若夢
Lost time is never found. 光陰一逝不復返
Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人成事在天
Many hands make light work. 人多好辦事
Never do things by halves. 做事莫半途而廢
Old habit dies hard. 積習難改
One good turn deserves another. 好心有好報
Pride goes before a fall. 驕者必敗
Share and share alike. 有福同享，有難同當
Slow and stead wins the race. 慢而穩者操勝算，慢工出細活
Strike while the iron is hot. / Make hay while the sun shines. 打鐵趁熱
The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步
There is no royal road to learning. 學問無捷徑
There is no smoke without fire. 無風不起浪
Time will tell. 時間會證明一切
To err is human; to forgive divine. 人非盛賢孰能無過
Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多礙事

Two heads are better than one. 集思廣益
Variety is the spice of life. 變化是人生的調味品
Walls have ears. 隔牆有耳
Well begun is half done. 好的開始是成功的一半
When one doors shuts, another opens. 天無絕人之路
Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴稍
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. 朽木不可雕，老狗學不了新把戲
1 ) He who has health has hope...... 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
2 ) Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow...... 自由就是在法律允許下的範圍下有權

做任何事
3 ) Two heads are better than one...... 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮
4 ) Misery loves company...... 禍不單行
5 ) It is better to win the peace and to lose the war...... 寧願贏得和平而輸掉戰爭
6 ) God's mill grinds slow but sure...... 天網恢恢，疏而不漏
7 ) It takes all sorts to make a world...... 一種米養百種人 ( 世界是形形色色的人所組成的 )
8 ) There are sides to every question. ..... 每個問題都有正反兩面看法 ( 公說公有禮，婆說婆有禮 )
9 ) Rome was not built in a day...... 羅馬不是一天造成的
10) Self -trust is the first secret of success...... 自信是成功的地一祕訣

1) Every man has his taste. .....人各有所好
2) Experience is the extract of suffering...... 經驗是由痛苦中粹取出來的
3) Imagination is more important than knowled ge......想像力比知識更重要
4) Words cut more than swords...... 舌劍利於刀劍
5) The leopards cannot change his spots...... 江山易改，本性難移
6) The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth...... 心靈的財富才是唯一真正的財富
7) Love makes the world go round.....
8) Beauty is in the eye of t he beholder......情人眼裡出西施
9) Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in same direction...... 愛並
不在於彼此相對
10)It takes all sorts to make a world...... 一種米養百種人 ( 世界是形形色色的人所組成的 )
21) Life is not merely living but living in health... ...生活不只要活，而且要活的健康
22) There is no rose without a thorn. .....朵朵玫瑰皆有刺 (沒有十全十美的人生 )
23) What you really value is what you miss, not what you have...... 人真正珍惜的是未得到的，而不是
所擁有的
24) trust men and they will be true to y ou......相信他們，他們才會對你忠誠 ( 信人者人恆信之 )

25) An eye for an eye, and we will all go blind...... 以牙還牙，兩敗俱傷 ( 以眼還眼使我們全都瞎眼 )
26) A bad penny always comes back...... 惡有惡報
27) Pardon is the most glorious revenge...... 寬恕是最偉大的報復
28) patience is better but its fruit is sweet...... 保持耐性是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜美的
29) He who has hope has everything...... 擁有希望的人擁有一切
30) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm...... 沒有熱誠難成大事
31)Time flies......時光飛逝
32)Time is money. .....時間就是金錢

33)Tomorrow never comes. .....明天永不來
34)Practice makes perfect...... 熟能生巧
35)Unity is streng th. .....團結就是力量
36)Knowledge is power. .....知識就是力量
37)Might is right. .....強權就是公理
38)Live and learn. .....活到老，學到老
39)Haste makes waste. .....欲速則不達
40)Seeing is believing .....百聞不如一見
Success and Failure （成與敗）
1. Complete cooperation is vital to success. 徹底的合作是成功的重要條件。
2. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是邁向成功之路的第一步。
3. Deserve success and you shall command it. 得著成功，才可支配成功。
4. Distress offers opportunities for the obtaining of success. 逆境給予獲得成功的機會。
5. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will but learn. 要是人願意學習的話，每次的失敗都會

教導他一些。
6. Failure is one thing that can be achieved without effort. 失敗是一件不用努力即可獲得的東西。
7. Failure is the foundation of success. 失敗是成功的基礎。
8. Failure is the mother of success. (Fail ure teaches success.) 。失敗乃成功之母
9. Failures are stepping stones to success for strong hearts determined to persevere. 失敗乃成功之
踏腳石，因為意志堅強的人有堅忍的毅力。
10. He loses indeed that loses last. 最後失敗者才是真正的失敗。

11. Man learns little from success, but much from failur e. [Arabic Proverb]
人從成功中學到者少，從失敗中學到者則多。（阿拉伯諺語）
12. Many men have failed through lack of decision. 許多人因缺乏果斷而失敗。
13. Mere talking tends only to failure. 空談只會導致失敗。
Absence and Presence （在與不在）
1.Absence diminishes little passions and increases great o nes. 離別削減小愛，卻增添大愛。
2. Absence is mother of disillusion. 疏離是覺悟之母。
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小別情更濃。小別勝新婚。
4. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 分離令愛加深，相見使情更濃。
5. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 。肉身雖不在，精神卻不死。永垂不朽
6. Far from eye, far from heart. 離眼遠，離心遠。眼不見，心不念。
7. He that fears you present will hate you absent. 在你面前怕你的人，在你背後恨你。
8. If a person is away, his right is away. [Moorish Proverb] 人若不在場，他的權利就會喪失。（摩爾諺

語）
9. Long absence changes a friend. 久別朋友變。
10. Long absent, soon forgotten. 久別情疏。
11. Man are best loved farthest off. 相隔最遙遠的人最為人疼愛。
12. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見，心不念。
13. Salt water and absence wash away love. 遠離久別恩情疏。

14. The absent are always in the wrong. 誰人背後無人說，哪個人前不說人。
15. The absent are never with fault, nor the present without excuse. 缺席者絕對沒有不對，出席者也
不會沒有藉口。
16. When the cat's away, the mice will play. 貓兒不在，老鼠做怪。閻王不在，小鬼做怪

17. Who takes a lion when he is absent, fears a mouse present. 。趁獅子不在時取而代之者 , 卻怕老
鼠的存在
Actions and Words （行動與空談）
1. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 一個光說不做的人好像一個花園，

裏面長滿都是野草。
2. A word before is worth two behind. 事前一句勝過事後兩句
3. A word is enough to the wise. 智者一點就明
4. A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，如箭射出。
5. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識的卓越果實。
6. Better to sail slowly than not to sail at all. 完全停滯不前不如慢慢駛向前。
7. Brave actions never want a trumpet. 英勇的行為永遠不需要吹噓。
8. Business is the salt of life; business and action strengthen the brain. 商務是生命之鹽，商務和行動
增強腦力。
9. Deeds are males, and words are females. 「做」是男人的事，「說」是女人的事。
10. Deeds, not words. 在於行動，不在於言語。說得到，做得到。言出必行。
11. Few words are best. 少說為妙。
12. Fine words butter no parsnips. 花言巧語不能滋潤防風草。口惠而實不至。
13. Fine words dress ill deeds. 巧言藏惡行。好話說盡，壞事做盡。說一套，做一套。
14. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. [Thomas Fuller] 良言本無價，其貴值千金。（富
勒）
15. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 口惠而實不至。
17. Hard words break no bones. 惡言傷不到人心。笑罵由他笑罵。
18. He is noble who feels and acts nobly. 顯貴的人總是思想崇高和舉止優雅。

19. He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon. 花言巧語的人常以空匙餵人。巧言令色鮮
矣仁。
Advice and Counsel （忠告與建議 )
1. A woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. 女人的忠告雖不是怎麼大不

了的事，若不接受，便是傻瓜。
2. Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same
day. [African Proverb] 忠告是一位陌生客，若受歡迎，則停留過夜；不受歡迎，當天就要回家。（非洲諺
語）
3. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 良言於最需要時最不受重視。忠言逆耳。
4. Advice whispered is wor thless. 竊竊私語的忠告毫無價值可言。
5. An enemy may chance to give good counsel. 敵人也可能給人好的忠告。
6. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 憤怒和急迫足以誤大計。小不忍則亂大謀。
7. Come not to counsel uncalled. 人之患在好為人師。
8. Counsel is to be given by the wise, the remedy by the rich. 忠告一定來自智者，救助一定來自富人。
9. Counsel must be followed, n ot praised. 忠告一定要遵守，不是要稱讚。
10. Counsel without help is useless. 沒有實質幫助的忠告亳無用處。
11. Counsels in wine seldom prosper. 酒杯空言少見成效。
12. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 別班門弄斧。
13. Good counsel has no price. (Good counsel is beyond price.) 良言乃無價之寶。
14. Good counsel never comes amiss. 好的忠告絕不會出差錯。

15. Good counsel never comes too late. 好的忠告絕不會來得太晚。
16. If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it. 計策若佳則勿問策劃者是誰。從善如流。
17. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 老馬識途。
18. Ill counsel mars all. 不好的忠告損毀一切。

19. One gives nothing so liberally as advice. (Nothing is given so freely as advice.) 沒有任何東西像忠
告那麼慷慨。
20. Self is a bad counselor. 利己心是最壞的顧問。自私非上策。
Appearance and Hear t （外表與內心）
1. A clear conscience is like a coat of mail. 平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
2. A fair face may hide a foul hear t. (Fair face, foul hear t.) 漂亮的面孔可能藏著一顆齷齪的心。人面獸
心。
3. A good conscience is a safe pillow. 良心清白，安枕無憂。
4. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 作賊心虛。多行不義必自斃，多走夜路必遇鬼。
5. A heavy purse makes a light hear t. 錢包飽滿，心情輕鬆。
6. A honey tongue, a hear t of gall. 口蜜腹劍。笑裏藏刀。佛口蛇心。
7. A light purse makes a heavy hear t. 錢包薄薄，心情沉重。
8. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
9. A straight stick is crooked in the water. 直棍水中曲。
10. All are not saints that go to church. 上教堂的人未必個個都是聖人。
11. All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。（不可一概而論。）
12. All that glitters is not gold. 發亮的不一定全是金子。金玉其外，敗絮其中。虛有其表。
13. Apparel makes the man. 人靠衣裳，馬靠鞍裝。
14. Appearances are deceptive. 外表是靠不住的。
15. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口裏含著花蜜的蜜蜂，尾巴卻有螫。
口蜜腹劍。笑裏藏刀。
16. Clothes do not make the man. 衣冠不能造人品。人不可以貌相。
17. Conscience does make cowards of us all. [William Shakespeare] 良心的自責使大家變成了懦夫。（莎

士比亞）
18. Faint hear t never won fair la dy. 懦弱的人永遠無法贏得美人的歡心。
19. Far from eye, far from hear t. 離眼遠，離心遠。眼不見，心不念。
20. Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 酒肉賓朋，柴米夫妻。
Beauty and Ugliness （美與醜）
1. A fair woman without vir tue is like palled wine. 美女無德如酒無味。
2. A thing of beauty is a joy forev er. [John Keats] 美的事物是永恆的喜悅。（濟慈）
3. All cats are grey in the dark . 貓在黑暗中通通都是灰色的。
4. Beauty and honesty seldom agree. 美貌和貞潔難得和睦相處。美女多不貞。
5. Beauty and wisdom rarely go together. [German Proverb] 美麗與才智鮮能兼備。美女多不智。 (德國

諺語)
6. Beauty fades like a flower. 紅顏薄命。
7. Beauty is but skin deep. 美麗只是膚淺的東西。美貌只是外表而已。
8. Beauty is eloquent even when silent. 甚至在靜默的時候，美麗也是口若懸河。
9. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼裏出西施。
10. Beauty is the child of love. 情人眼裏出西施。
11. Beauty may have fair leaves, yet bitter fruit.美麗長出漂亮的葉子，卻生出苦辣的果實。
12. Beauty 's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust. 美麗的姐妹是虛榮，她的女兒是情慾。
13. Beauty 's tears are lovelier than her smiles. 美人的眼淚比她的微笑更可愛。
14. Fair face, foul hear t. 人面獸心。
15. Fair faces need no paint. 美麗的容貌用不著塗脂抹粉。
16. Fair without and foul (false) within. 金玉其外，敗絮其中。繡花枕頭。
17. Grace will last, beauty will blast. 神的恩典永不止息 ; 人的美麗終會凋謝。

18. Handsome is what (that, as) handsome does. 有德才是美。善行重於美貌。
19. If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty. 情人眼裏出西施。
20. Pretty face, poor fate. [Chinese Proverb] 自古紅顏多薄命。（中國諺語）
Big and Small （大與小）
1. A big man is usually a little man, who takes advantage of an oppor tunity. 所謂大人物，只是懂得利
用機會的小人物。
2. A great tree attracts the wind. 樹大招風。

3. A little body of ten harbors a great soul. 偉大的靈魂常寓於短小的驅體。
4. A little help is wor th a deal of pity. 濟弱扶困勝於同情。
5. A little pot is soon hot. 器小易盈。心胸狹隘。人窮志短。
6. A little spark may kindle a great fire. 星星之火可能釀成大火。
7. A little wariness prevents great weariness. 一點點的謹慎避免莫大的疲勞。
8. A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫釐，差之千里。
9. A small leak will sink a great ship. 小小的漏洞可以弄沉一艘大船。牽一髮，動全身。
10. Eagles do not catch flies. 大雞不吃細米。
11. Ever y great thing is nothing but a lot of little ones. 每一件大事只不過是由無數的小事所綴成的。

12. Ever y little helps. 一點一滴都有助益。
13. Ever y oak has been an acorn. 千里之行，始於足下。由小到大。
14. Feather by feather the goose is plucked. 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。
15. For want of a nail, the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost; for want of a hor se, the
rider is lost. 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴。
Beginning and Ending （開始與結局）
1. A good beginning makes a good ending. 有好的開始才有好的結局。善始者必善終。

2. A hard beginning makes a good ending. 先苦後甜。
3. All good things must come to an end. 天下無不散之筵席。
4. All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事起頭難。
5. All's well that ends well. 結局好，一切都好。吉人自有天相。
6. An ill beginning, an ill ending. 不善始者不善終。
7. At the game's end, we shall see who gains. 比賽結束後，方見得勝者。
8. Bad beginnings have ever bad endings. 惡始必有惡終。不慎始者，常得惡果。
9. Ever ything has an end. 凡事都會結束
10. Ever ything must have a begi nning.凡事都有個開頭。
11. Good to begin well, better to end well. 有好的開始是不錯的，堅持到底更重要。
12. He who begins many things, finishes but few. 樣樣事只有開始，到頭來一事無成。
13. He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 九層之台，起於累土。千里之行，始於
足下。
Braver y and Courage （勇敢與勇氣）
1. A bold hear t is half the battle. 勇敢是勝利的一半。
2. A brave and honest man will speak out. 一個勇敢和誠實的人大膽說話。
3. A brave arm makes a shor t sword long. 一個勇敢的人，手中的短刃也會變成長劍。
4. A brave man's wounds are seldom on his back . 一個勇敢的人背部很少受到傷害。
5. A bully is always a coward. 欺負弱小的人膽子最小。欺善怕惡。
6. A cock is always bold on its own dunghill. 公雞在自己的糞堆上稱雄。狗是百步王，只在門前狠。
7. A man of courage never wants weapons. 一個有勇氣的人絕不會缺少武器。

8. A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword. 橫眉冷對千夫指。
9. Bold men have generous h ear t. 勇敢的人都有寬宏大量的心腸。
10. Brave actions never want a trumpet. 英勇的行為永遠不需吹噓。
Forgive and Forget （寬恕與忘記）
1. A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 容易作出承諾的人，也很容易忘掉他的承諾。
2. By forgetness of injuries we show ourselves superior to them. 忘記創傷就不會被創傷所傷害。
3. Do not forget little kindness and do not remember small faults. 小善不忘，小錯不念。（中國諺語）

4. Forgive all but thyself. [Arabic Proverb] 寬恕所有的人，但別輕易寬恕自己。將恕己之心恕人。（阿拉
伯諺語）
5. Forgive and forget injuries, but never forget benefits. 對於別人的加害，寬恕他，忘了一切；受了

別人的恩惠，卻不應忘記。
6. Forgive and forget. 不念舊惡。既往不咎。
7. Forgiveness from the hear t is better than a box of gold. [Moorish Proverb] 一顆寬仁之心重於一箱
黃金。（摩爾諺語）
8. Forgiveness is per fect when the sin is not remembered. 當罪被赦免時，寬恕是完美的。
9. He that does you an ill turn will never forgive you . 以怨報德的人，絕不會寬恕別人。
10. He that forgives gains the victor y. [African Proverb] 寬恕敵人的人，才獲得勝利。（非洲諺語）
11. He who forgives others, God forgives him. 寬恕別人者，神必寬恕他。
Life and Death （生與死）
1. A cat has nine lives. 貓有九命。
2. A dead bee makes no honey. 死的蜜蜂不會釀蜜。
3. A dead mouse feels no cold. 死的老鼠不覺得寒冷。
4. A fair death honors the whole life. [Jonathan Swift] 死得正直，一生光榮。（斯威夫特）

5. A live ass is better than a dead lion. 活驢勝過死獅。
6. A long life has long miseries. 漫長的人生多苦難。
7. A man can die but once. (A man can only die once.) [Hebrews 9:27] 人人都有一死。（希伯來書 9:27）
8. All men are mor tal. 人人都有一死。
9. An evil life is a kind of death. [Ovid] 邪惡的生活，便是死亡的一種。（奧維德）
10. As a man lives, so shall he die. 有生必有死。
11. Better die a beggar than live a beggar. 不食嗟來之食。
11. Bread is the staff of life. 麵包是生命的依靠。民以食為先。
12. Call no man happy till he is dead. 人未死不能說他快樂。蓋棺論定。
Man and Woman （男與女）
1. A bad woman is worse than a bad man. 壞女人比壞男人更壞。
2. A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks. 男人覺得自己多老，就有多老；女人

看起來多老，就有多老。男人年紀憑感覺，女人年紀憑外貌。
3. A man of straw is wor th a woman of gold. 一個窮光棍的男人勝過一個腰纏百萬的女人。
4. A woman conceals what she knows not. 女人隱藏她所不知道的。（意指女人會說出所知道的一切。）
5. A woman has an eye more than a man. 女人比男人多長一隻眼睛。
6. A woman is flax, a man is fire , the devil comes and blows the bellows. 女人是風，男人是火，魔鬼來
煽風點火。
7. A woman is the weaker vessel. 女人是弱者。
8. A woman's work is never done. 女人的家務事，永無休止。
9. A woman's mind and winter wind change oft. 女人的心和冬天的風說變就變。水性楊花。
10. Choose neither a woman nor linen by candle-light. 選女人如選布，絕不可只憑燭光。

11. Deeds are males, and words are females. 「做」是男人的事，「說」是女人的事。
12. Gaming, women and wine, while they laugh they make men pine. 賭博，女人和酒，發作時使男
人憔悴。
13. Man is the head, but woman turns it. 男人雖有權威，卻受到女人支配。
14. Men get wealth and women keep it. 男人謀財，女人守財。
Similarity and Difference （相同與相異）
1. All roads lead to Rome. 條條大路通羅馬。異途同歸。
2. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚。氣味相投。
3. Ever y one to his taste. 人各有所好。蘿蔔青菜，各有所愛。仁者見仁，智者見智。
4. Ever y shoe fits not ever y foot. 順得哥情失嫂意。

5. Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。
6. He that all men will please shall never find ease. 要討好每一個人的人永遠不得安寧。
7. If one will not, another will. 人棄我取，人取我與。
8. It takes all sor ts to make a world. 大千世界。
9. Like author, like book . 有怎樣的作家，就有怎樣的作品。書如其人。
10. Like blood, like good, and like age make the happiest marriage. 相同的血統，相同的期望，和相同
的年歲使婚姻美滿。
11. Like breeds (begets) like. 龍生龍，鳳生鳳。
12. Like cures like. 心病還需心藥醫。以毒攻毒。
13. Like draws to like. 同明相照。同類相求。志趣相投。沆瀣一氣。
14. Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子。
15. Like for like. 恩報恩，仇報仇。

Wisdom and Foolishness （智慧與愚昧）
1. A fool always finds a bigger fool to praise him. [French Proverb] 傻瓜總是找到一個比他更傻的人來

稱讚他。（法國諺語）
2. A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者可以給智者忠告。愚者千慮，必有一得。
3. A fool's bolt is soon shot. 愚者易竭其智。黔驢之技易窮。蠢人沉不住氣。
4. A fool's haste is no speed. 瞎忙快不了。急急忙忙，想快反慢。
5. A fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 話多者蠢。
6. A man cannot leave his wisdom or his experience to his heirs. [Italian Proverb] 一個人的智慧和經驗
不能傳授給他的繼承人。 (義大利諺語 )
7. A still tongue makes a wise head. 舌頭少動，則頭腦精明。沉默為智。
8. A wise man always knows when to stop for breathing space. 有智慧的人常知道該在怎麼時候停下來

休息。
9. A wise man is never less alone than when alone. 智者獨處時最不寂寞。
10. A wise man knows his own ignorance; a fool thinks h e knows ever ything. 智者了解自己的無知，
愚者自以為自己無所不知。
11. A wise man never wants a weapon. 智者從來不需要武器。
12. A wise man will make more oppor tunities than he finds. 智者創造的機會比他所找到的更多。
Gain and Loss （得與失）
1. A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven. 一小時所損失的遠超過七小時所獲得的。

易失難得。
2. A tale never loses in the telling. 加鹽加醋。
3. All gains are made at some sacrifice. 一切收穫都是來自犧牲。
4. All is not lost that's in peril. 危險不等於完蛋。
5. Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. 勿逐其影而忘其形。（不要捨本逐末。）
6. Covet all and lose all. 貪婪愈多，失去也愈多。

7. Do not seek dishonest gains, dishonest gains are losses. 不義之財不可貪；貪來之財也走失。
8. Future gains are uncer tain. 未來的收穫是不易確定的。
9. Gain at the expense of reputation should be called loss. [Publius Syrus] 犧牲名譽而獲利，應該說是

損失。（塞魯士）
10. Gain savors sweetly from anything. 收穫的滋味比任何東西來得甜美。
11. Grasp all, lose all. 樣樣都抓，等於不抓。
12. Great gain makes work easy. 重大收穫使工作順利。
13. Great pain and little gain will make a man soon wear y. 辛勞多，收穫少，很快使人疲倦不堪。
14. He who does not gain loses. 逆水行舟，不進則退。
Friend and Enemy （朋友與敵人）
1. A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfor t, but a friend is both. 父親是寶藏，兄弟是安逸，但朋友

兩者皆是。
2. A flattering friend is your worst enemy. [Danish Proverb] 諂媚之友是你最可怕的敵人。 (丹麥諺語 )
3. A friend in cour t is better than a penny i n purse.與其袋中有錢，不如朝中有人。
4. A friend in cour t makes the process shor t. 朝上有人好做官。近官得力，近廚得食。
5. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難之友才是真友。
6. A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二個自己。
7. A friend is best found in adver sity. 災難見真友。風雨故人來。
8. A friend is proved in distress. 災難見真友。
9. A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same. 朋友就是一位最能了解
你，同樣關愛你的人。
10. A friend should bear a friend's infirmities. 朋友應該容忍朋友的缺點。

11. A friend to ever ybody is a friend to nobody. (A friend to al l is a friend to none.) 人盡可友的人，
不是真正朋友。濫交者無友。
12. A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. [French Proverb] 人生無友猶如生活中無太陽。（法

國諺語）
Give and Take （施與受）
1. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患無辭。
2. Give a lie twenty -four hours' star t and you can never over take it. 要是「謊言」先跑二十四小時，誰
也追不上它。一人傳虛，百人傳實。
3. Give a thief enough rope and he will hang himself. 欲擒先縱。
4. Give a thing and take a thing, to wear the devil's gold ring. 獻出又收回，就是戴上魔鬼的金戒指。
5. Give and spend, and God will send. 千金散盡還復來。

6. Give as good as one gets (takes). 針鋒相對。
7. Give credit where credit is due. 有功則償。
8. Give him an inch and he will take an ell. 得隴望蜀。得寸進尺。
9. Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard. 得寸進尺。
10. Give the devil his due. 對魔鬼也要公平。
11. Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you. 把你最好的獻給世人，世
人就會把最好的回報給你。
12. Give us the tools and we will finish the job. 給我們工具，我們就會把工作做好。沒傢沒伙，作什麼

豆腐。
13. Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man's store. 厚德載福。積善多福。
Success and Failure （成與敗）

1. Complete cooperation is vital to success. 徹底的合作是成功的重要條件。
2. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是邁向成功之路的第一步。
3. Deser ve success and you shall command it. 得著成功，才可支配成功。
4. Distress offer s oppor tunities for the obtaining of success. 逆境給予獲得成功的機會。
5. Ever y failure teaches a man something, if he will but learn. 要是人願意學習的話，每次的失敗都會

教導他一些。
6. Failure is one thing that can be achieved without effor t. 失敗是一件不用努力即可獲得的東西。
7. Failure is the foundation of success. 失敗是成功的基礎。
8. Failure is the mother of success. (Failure teaches success.) 。失敗乃成功之母
9. Failures are stepping stones to success for strong hear ts determined to persevere. 失敗乃成功之
踏腳石，因為意志堅強的人有堅忍的毅力。
10. He loses indeed that loses last. 最後失敗者才是真正的失敗。
11. Man learns little from success, but much from failure. 人從成功中學到者少，從失敗中學到者則
多。
12. Many men have failed through lack of decision. 許多人因缺乏果斷而失敗。
13. Mere talking tends only to failure. 空談只會導致失敗。
Lady and Gentleman （淑女與紳士）
1. A gentleman ought to travel abroad, but dwell at home. 紳士應該到海外旅行，但要在本國定居。
2. A gentleman will do like a gentleman. 紳士的言行舉止要表現出像一位紳士。
3. A gentleman without an estate is like a pudding without suet. 紳士沒有產業猶如布丁缺少了板油。
4. A thief pa sses for a gentleman when thieving has made him rich. 成則為王，敗則為寇。
5. Faint hear t ne'er won fair lady. 懦弱的人永遠得不到美人的歡心。
6. He is a gentleman that has gentle conditions. 有紳士風度的人才是紳士。
7. It is not good manners to show your learning before ladies. 在女士面前炫耀自己的學問是失禮的。

8. It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 彩色繽紛的衣服不能塑造紳士。
9. It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 塑造一位紳士需要花上三代時光。
10. Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French. 只要會說法語，人人可做紳士。
11. Jack would be a gentleman if h e had money. 只要有錢，人人可做紳士。
12. Manners and money make a gentleman. 禮貌和金錢塑造名流。
13. The king can make a knight, but not a gentleman. 國王能夠塑造武士，卻不能塑造紳士。
14. You a lady, I a lady, who will milk the cow? 你是淑女，我是淑女，誰來搾牛奶。
Law and Justice （法律與正義）
1. A good lawyer does not go to law himself. [Italian Proverb] 好的律師本人不會訴諸法律。（義大利諺

語）
2. A good lawyer must be a great liar. 好的律師一定是偉大的說謊者。
3. Be just before you are generous. 先小人後君子。
4. Be just to all, but trust not all. 對所有的人要公正，但不要信賴所有的人。
5. Ever y law has a loophole. 每一項法律都有漏洞。一法立，一弊生。

6. Few lawyer s die well, few physicians live well. 律師少有善終，醫生少有悠閒。
7. Go before God with justice, before the judge with money. 帶著公義見上帝；帶著金錢見法官。
8. Go to law for a sheep and lose your cow. 為了一隻羊訴諸法律，就會輸掉一隻牛。
9. Good laws of ten proceed from bad manner s. 好的法律常常是由不良的禮貌而生。
10. Good lawyer, bad neighbor. [French Proverb] 好的律師是壞的鄰居。（法國諺語）
11. Hunger obeys no laws. 三天不吃飯，什麼事都敢幹。
12. Ignorance does not aver t the law. 無知的人不懂得躲避法律。
13. In justice is all vir tue found in sum. 簡言之，所有美德都是在正義中尋獲。

14. Just notions will grow into good actions. 公正的信念孕育出良好的作為。
15. Justice has long arms. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
16. Justice is a noble quality. 正義是高貴的素養。
17. Justice is higher than expediency. 正義優於權宜。
Husband and Wife （丈夫與妻子）
1. A bad wife takes advice from ever y one but her own husband. 不好的妻子接納每個人的意見，卻不
接納他丈夫的意見。
2. A good husband makes a good wife. 好夫有好妻。夫妻相好合。琴瑟與笙簧。
3. A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind. [French Proverb] 好丈夫應該耳聾，好妻子
應該眼瞎。（法國諺語）
4. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth. 賢妻與健康乃男人之最大的財富。
5. A good wife is a good por tion. 賢妻便是好嫁妝。
6. A good wife makes a good husband. 好妻有好夫。夫妻相好合。琴瑟與笙簧。

7. A man without a wife is but half a man. 人無賢妻只能算是半個人。
8. A man's best for tune or his worst is his wife. 一個男人最好和最壞的財富就是他的妻子。
9. A poor man who takes a rich wife, has a ruler, not a wife. [Greek Proverb] 窮人娶了富妻等於娶了一
位統治者而不是一個妻子。（希臘諺語）
10. An evil wife conver ts a man's house into a hell on ear th. 邪惡的妻子使家庭變成人間地獄。
Question and Answer （問與答）
1. A soft answer turneth away wrath. [Proverbs 15:1] 回答柔和，使怒消退。（箴言 15:1）
2. Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer. 發出愚蠢的問題，就會得到愚蠢的答案。
3. Ask and it shall be given you. [Matthew 7:7] 你們祈求，就給你們。（馬太福音 7:7）

4. Ask no questions and hear no lies. (Ask no questions and be told no lies.) 不發問，就聽不見謊言。
是非終日有，不聽自然無。
5. Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler. 避開好問者，因他也是是非人。
6. Better to ask the way than go astray. 路在嘴邊，一問便知。不問不知，迷路無知。
7. He that asks faintly begs a denial. 軟弱的請求換來拒絕的回覆。
8. He that cannot ask , cann ot live. 一事不問之人，則無法生存。
9. He that nothing questions, nothing learns. (He that nothing questioneth nothing learneth.)
什麼事都不問的人，什麼事都學不會。
10. He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. 畏問者，恥於學。
11. It is not ever y question that deser ves an answe r. 並非每個問題都有答案。
12. Like question, like answer. 有怎樣的問題，就有怎樣的回答。
13. Never answer a question until it is asked. 不需要回答的時候，不要回答。
14. No answer is also an answer. 不回答也是回答。
15. The shor test answer is doing. 最簡短的回答就是實際去做。

16. There are two sides to ever y q uestion . [Latin Proverb] 每個問題都有兩面。（拉丁諺語）
Peace and War （和平與戰爭）
1. A bad peace is even worse than war. [Whitman] 不好的和平甚至比戰爭更壞。（惠特曼）
2. A deceitful peace is more hur tful than an open war. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
3. A just war is better than an unjust peace. 公平的戰爭勝過不公平的和平。
4. Better an egg in peace than an ox in war. 和平時一隻蛋勝過戰爭時一隻牛。
5. By wisdom peace, by peace plenty. 智慧生和平，和平生富裕。
6. He that makes a good war, makes a good peace. 奮勇作戰的人才能獲得真正的和平。
7. He that will not have peace, God gives him war. 不愛和平的人，上帝賜他們戰爭。
8. If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. (If you want peace, you must prepare for war.) 欲求和
平，必須準備戰爭。
9. In peace prepare for war. 和平時不忘備戰。
10. It is safest making peace with sword in hand. 手握兵器談和平最安全。
Rich and Poor （富與貧）
1. A beggar's purse is always empty. 乞丐存不住錢。
2. A hut is a palace to a poor man. 窮人的茅舍就是他的宮殿。
3. A man's wealth is his enemy. 一個人的財富正是他的敵人。
4. A poor man's tale cannot be heard. 人微言輕。
5. A rich man's joke is always funny. 富人的笑話總是好笑。
6. All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good. [Latin Proverb] 仁義盡從貧處斷，世情偏看有錢家。人

情冷暖，世態炎涼。（拉丁諺語）
7. An avaricious man is always needy. 貪婪的人總是貧困的。
8. An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空袋子立不起來。衣食足而後知榮辱。
9. Bashfulness is an enemy to pover ty. 害羞是貧窮的敵人。
10. Better be en vied than pitied. 寧讓人羨慕，也不讓人同情。
11. Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroider y. 寧願襤褸上天堂，也不願衣錦下地獄。不

戚戚於貧賤，不汲汲於富貴。
12. Better pover ty without care, than richness with. 無憂無慮的貧窮生活勝過於富裕卻憂愁的生活。
13. Children are poor men's riches. 孩子是窮人的財富。
14. Content lodges of tener in cottages than palaces. 住在茅舍比住在皇宮來得快樂。
Today and Tomorrow （今日與明日）

1. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 今日一隻蛋勝過明日一隻雞。明日雖有一銀圓，不若今日
一文錢。
2. Don't long for tomorrow. If you do, you will waste today. 勿指望明天。要是這樣的話，你將浪費今
天。
3. Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 樂極生悲。
4. Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要畏懼未來，也不要為過去而哭泣。
5. He that falls today may rise tomorrow. 東山再起。捲土重來。重整旗鼓。
6. Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday --but never jam today. [Lewis Carroll] 明天有果醬，昨天有果醬，
但是今天就是沒有果醬。（加罪爾）
7. Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow. 只為今天而活，失敗就在明天。
8. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事，今日畢。
9. One hour today is wor th two tomorrow. 今天一小時勝於明天兩小時。機不可失。
10. One today is wor th two tomorrows. 一個今天抵得上兩個明天。
11. The best time to worr y is tomorrow. 最佳的憂慮時間就是明天。
12. Think today and speak tomorrow. 熟思而後言。
13. To a lazy man, tomorrow is always the best day of the year. 懶人總認為明天是一年中最好的日子。
Teaching and Learning （教與學）
1. A good teacher is the in tellectual father of his pupils. 良師乃學生的智慧之父。
2. A little learning is a dangerous thing. [Alexander Pope] 一知半解，危險之至。（波普）
3. A man may learn wit ever y day. 每個人每天都要學習機智。
4. A man should learn to sail in all winds. [Italian Proverb] 一個人應在各種風向下學習航行。（義大利

諺語）
5. An ounce of discretion is wor th a pound of learning. 一分辨別力抵過十分學問。
6. Better learn by your neighbor's skaith than by your own. 從別人的教訓中學習勝過從自己的教訓中

學習。
7. Better untaught than ill taught. 書。接受不良的教育不如不接受教育。盡信書不如無
8. By learning one learns how to learn . 透過學習，人可以學會如何學習。
9. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 別班門弄斧。
10. He teaches ill, who teaches all. 樣樣都教樣樣糟。
11. He that teaches himself, has a fool for his master. 無師自通的人把傻瓜當作師傅。
12. He who teaches, learns. 教學相長。
13. In doing we learn. 邊做邊學。經一事，長一智。
14. It is right to be taught even by an enemy. [Latin Proverb] 甚至敵人的教訓也是好的。（拉丁諺語）
Ambition and Zeal（雄心與熱誠）
Ambition loses many a man. 。野心使許多人失敗
Ambition makes people diligent. 。雄心使人勤勉
Zeal, when it is a vir tue, is a dangerous one. 。把熱誠當作美德是危險的
Zeal without prudence is frenzy. 。熱誠不夠謹慎猶若瘋狂
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 熱心有餘，知識不足。志大才疏猶如脫韁之馬。

Zeal too often lacks discretion. 熱心有餘，審慎不足。
Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools. 熱誠只適宜於智者，但熱誠多半在愚者身上。
To do one thing well is a wor thy ambition. 把一件事做好，這就是一個有價值的雄心。
The higher the mountain, the greater descent. 山愈高，峭壁愈陡。爬得愈高，跌得愈深。
The best is the enemy of the good. 「最好」往往成為「好」的敵人。（目標太高反而失敗。）
Seek mickle, and get something; seek little, and get nothing. 尋找多一些，就得著一些。尋找少一些，
就一無所得。
Seek and ye shall find. [Matthew 7:7] 尋找，就尋見。（馬太福音 7:7）
Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me. 騎馬摔一跤不如騎驢往前走。
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. 固步自封。
Nothing is difficult to a ma n whom ambition fires. 對於雄心萬丈的人來說，世上沒有難成的事。
Ar t and Ar tist（藝術與藝術家）
A great ar tist can paint a great picture on a small canvas. 偉大的藝術家能在一幅小小的畫布上繪出偉

大的作品。
Ar t has no enemy but ignorance. 無知乃藝術之敵。
Ar t improves Nature. 藝術美化自然。
Ar t is civilization and civilization is ar t. [Latin Proverb] 藝術是文明，文明是藝術。（拉丁諺語）
Ar t is long, life is shor t. [Hippocrates] 吾生也有涯，而知也無涯。藝術無涯，人生苦短。（希波克拉底）
Ar t lies in concealing ar t. [Latin Proverb] 藝術在於隱藏。（拉丁諺語）
In ever y ar t, it is good to have a master. 行行出狀元。
Knowledge without practice makes but half an ar tist. 無法實踐的知識只能塑造半個藝術家。
Nature passes ar t. 自然超越藝術。
The ar tist is the creator of beautiful things. [Oscar Wilde] 藝術家是美麗事物的創造者。（王爾德）
The creation of beauty is Ar t. [Ralph Waldo Emerson] 美的創造就是藝術。（愛默生）
Bir th and Breeding（出身與教養）
A well-bred youth neither speaks of himself, nor, being spoken to, is silent.
有教養的年青人不會談論自己，別人談論他的時侯，他也不會保持緘默。
Better unborn than unbred. 寧願不出生，也不願做個無教養的人。
Better unborn than untaught. 不受教不如不出生。
Bir th is much, but breeding is more. 生育重要，撫養更重要。出身要看，重在表現。教養重於出身。英

雄莫問出處。
Breeding rather than bir th. 教養重於出身。
It is an ill -bred dog that will beat a bitch. 打老婆是無教養的。
Nur ture is above nature. 養育重於生育。
Our bir th made us mor tal, our death will make us immor tal. 有生必有死，死後靈魂卻不死。
The bir th follows the belly. 母親對子女的影響甚於父親。
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. 江山易改，本性難移。
Black and White（黑與白）
A black hen lays a white egg. 烏雞生白蛋。醜婦生俊兒。
A black plum is as sweet as a white. 烏梅白梅一樣甘甜。管它黑貓白貓，抓到老鼠便是好貓。
A crow is never the whit er for washing her self of ten. 江山易改，本性難移。
Af ter black clouds, clear weather. 烏雲散去天轉晴。
Death is the black camel that kneels before ever y door. 死亡像一頭黑駱駝，在每一家門前下跪。

Ever y bean has its black . 人人都有缺點。金無赤金，人無完人。
Ever y white hath its black , and ever y sweet it s sour. 有白必有黑，有甜必有苦。每樣事物都有其缺陷。

He that has a white horse and a fair wife, never wants trouble. 擁有一匹白馬和漂亮太太的人，永遠不
會缺少煩惱。
He that touches pitch shall be defiled. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
If the master says the crow is white, the ser vants must not say 'tis black . 主人若說烏鴉是白，僕人不
該說它是黑。
The devil is not so black as he is painted. 魔鬼並不如人所說的那麼壞。過甚其詞。
The fairer the paper, the fouler the blot. 黑白分明。
The pot calls the kettle black . 五十步笑百步。半斤八兩。

There is no wool so white but a dyer can make it black . 人非聖賢，孰能無過。
There's a black sheep in ever y flock . 任何群體，總有害群之馬。樹大有枯枝，族大有乞兒。
Books and Librar y（圖書與圖書館）
A book that is shut, is but a block . 書本備而不閱，猶如木片毫無益處。開卷有益。
A good book is a light to the soul. 一本好書是靈魂之光。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today, and forever. 一本好書是最好的朋友，現在如此，
永遠如此。
A librar y is a repositor y of medicine for the mind. 圖書館是治療精神之病院。
A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. 一本不良的書籍比壞人更壞，因為它不知悔

過。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 讀書使心智豐富，交談使心智明亮。
Books and friends should be few and well chosen. 書籍和朋友，貴精不貴多。多不如少，少不如好。
Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. [George William Cur tis] 書籍乃世人累積
智慧之不滅明燈。（寇蒂斯）
Ever y man is a volume if you know how to read him. 每一個人都是一卷書，只要你懂得如何閱讀它。
Good books need no boost. 好書無需誇耀。
Some books leave us free and some books make us free. 有些書給我們自由，有些書則使我們自由。
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. 好書開卷時引人入勝，
終卷時使人獲益。
You cannot tell a book by its cover. 不能從封面了解書的內容。凡事不可貌相。
Borrowing and Begging （借貸與乞求）
A beggar can never be bankrupt. 乞兒不會破產。

A beggar cannot be a chooser. 討飯難揀嘴。饑餓難擇食。鹿死不擇蔭。
A beggar pays a benefit with a louse. 以怨報德。
Beggar's bags are bottomless. 窮起來不怕錢多。
Better beg than steal. 求乞總好過偷竊。
Better buy than borrow. 「借」不如「買」的好。
Better die a beggar than live a beggar. 不食嗟來之食。
Borrowed garments never fit well. 借來的外套不合適。
Borrowing is not much better than begging. [Lessing] 借錢無異於求乞。（萊興）
First you borrow, then you beg. [Ernest Hemingway] 先是向人借貸，後來向人乞求。 (海明威 )
He learned timely to beg that could not say "Nay ". 學會在適當的時候向人請求，就不會被拒絕。
He that borrows binds himself with his neighbor's rope. 向人借錢的人，就是用鄰居的繩子把自己捆

綁。
He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. 有債便有愁。
Idleness is the key of beggar y. 懶惰是求乞的主要因素。
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. 假如願望都能實現，乞丐都會發財。

Business and Trade（商務與貿易） A handful of trade is a handful of gold. 一把貿易，一把黃金。
A hundred tricks are not so good as one well -learned trade.百藝無如一藝精。
A Jack of all trades is master of none. 萬事通，無事精通。周身刀沒把利。
A trade is better than ser vice. 買賣勝於服務。
A useful trade is a mine of gold. 有用的貿易猶如金礦。
Best is cheapest. 最好的東西最便宜。
Business before pleasure. (Business fir st and pleasure af ter.) 先談生意，再談娛樂。
Business is business. 在商言商。公事公辦。
Business is the best spor t in the world. 商務是世界上最好的戶外活動。
Business is the salt of life; business and action strengthen the brain. 商務是生命之鹽；商務和行動增
強腦力。
Business knowledge cannot be bought. It can only be acquired by long study. 商務的知識不是用金錢

買來的。它是經過長時間學來的。
Capital, labor, and brains -- and all as equally essential in business as each leg of a three -legged
stool.
資本，勞工，和腦力在商務上同樣重要，猶如三腳架上的每一隻腳。
Cheap things are never ver y good. 便宜貨絕不是好東西。
Cour tesy is the lubricant which oils the wheels of business. 禮貌是商務巨輪的潤滑油。
Despatch is the soul of business. 辦事以迅速為貴。
Cause and Effect（因與果）
Anger is the cause of sin. 憤怒乃犯罪之因。
As you brew, so must you drink . 自食其果。
As you sow, so you reap. (As a man sows, so shall he reap.) 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。一分耕耘，一分收

穫。
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it. 自作自受。作繭自縛。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 三思而後行。
Ever y why has a wherefore. 事出必有因。
Look before you leap. 三思而後行。
No cross, no crown. 沒有痛苦的十字架，那有榮耀的冠冕。不受磨難不成佛。
No smoke without fire. (There is no smoke without fire.) (Where there's smoke, there's fire.) 無火那
有煙。無風不起浪。事出必有因。
One good turn deser ves another. 種善因，得善果。善有善報。
One wrong thought may cause a life -long regret. 一失足成千古恨。

Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. [Hosea 8:7] (They that sow the wind shall reap the whir lwind.)
他們所種的是風，所收的是暴風。（何西亞書 8:7）
Take away the cause, and the effect must cease. 沒有因，那有果。
Think before you act. 三思而後行。
Chance and Oppor tunity （機會與時機）
A bad padlock invites picklock . 壞鎖惹來撬鎖人。（予人可趁之機。）
When for tune smiles, embrace her. 當命運之神向你微笑時，就應擁抱祂。
Weak men wait for oppor tunities; strong men make them. 弱者等待機會，強者創造機會。
The man who loses his oppor tunities loses himself. [George Moore] 失去機會的人就失去了自身。（摩
爾）
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. [Rober t Herrick] 花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝。 (赫里克 )
Take time when time comes. 當時機來臨時，就應把握它。
Strike while the iron is hot. 打鐵趁熱。
Oppor tunity seldom knocks twice. 機會很少會敲兩次門。福無重至。
Oppor tunity makes the thief. 有機可趁，盜賊四起。
Oppor tunity comes of ten to the man who is ready for it. 機會總是衝著做好準備的人而來。
Make hay while the sun sh ines. 趁著陽光普照，把秝草灑乾。趁機行事莫蹉跎。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 錯失良機，悔之恨晚。

It chances in an hour, that happens not in seven years. 一小時的偶然機會，七年內再也不會出現。千載
難逢。
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. 順風駛帆。（勿失良機。）

He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay. 能做而不去做，等到想做的時候便沒有機
會去做。
Come and Go （來與去）
Wrong never comes right. 錯誤終究是錯誤，絕不會變成正確。
Who will go far must go slow. [German Proverb] 跑得慢，跑得遠。慢慢划船先登岸。（德國諺語）
Who comes uncalled, sits unser ved. (He that comes unbid den goes unthanked.) 不速之客，不受歡
迎。
Where the needle goes, the thread follows. 嫁雞隨雞，嫁狗隨狗。
When Greek meets Greek , then comes the tug of war. 兩雄相遇，必有激鬥。強中更有強中手，惡人自

有惡人磨。
What's bred in the bone comes out in the flesh. 江山易改，本性難移。
Tomorrow never comes. 明日永不再。
Thursday comes, and the week is gone. 當禮拜四到來時，這一週也快結束。
There comes nought out of the sack but what was there. 大勢已去。狗嘴吐不出象牙。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down. 世界好像是一把梯子，有人向上爬，有人往下

跑。有人掛冠歸故里，有人臨夜趕科場。
The weakest goes to the wa ll.最軟弱的人處處碰壁。弱肉強食。
Repentance comes too late. 後悔莫及。悔之已晚。
Take things as they come. 既來之則安之。
The sluggard's convenient season never comes. 春天不是讀書天，夏日炎炎正好眠，等到秋來冬又至，

收拾書包待明年。
Men come and pass; mountains stay forever. 生生死死，青山依舊。
Customs and Habits（習俗與習慣）

With customs we live well, but laws undo us. 風俗使我們的生活美滿，法律卻破壞我們的美滿生活。
Use doth breed a habit. 實踐生習慣。
So many countries, so many customs. 各國風俗，各有不同。
Pursuits become habits. 因循會變成習慣。舊習慣很難戒掉。
Old habits die hard. 舊風俗最好。
Old customs are best. Men do more things through habit than through reason. 人做事經常由於習慣
多過於理性。
Indolence is about the worst habit a man can form. 怠惰大概是一個人所養成的最壞習慣。
Habits are great helps or great hindrances. 習慣帶給人類許多的幫助，也帶來許多的阻礙。
Good habits are the best friends of m an. 良好的習慣是人的良友。
Habit is a friend or foe. 習慣，不是朋友，就是敵人。
Great is the force of habit. [Latin Proverb] 習慣的力量相當大。 (拉丁諺語 )
Ever y one has his par ticular habit. [Latin Proverb] 每個人都有其獨特的習慣。（拉丁諺語）
Ever y one has his own custom. 每個人都有自己的習慣。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
Doctor and Medicine（醫生與醫藥）

When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out. 陽光進來，醫生離去。
There is no medicine for fear. 恐懼是沒有藥物可以治療的。
There is no medicine for a fool. [French Proverb] 傻瓜是無藥可救的。（法國諺語）
The wise will not rely on medicine fo r keeping their health. 有智慧的人不依賴藥物來維持健康。
The windows open more will keep the doctor from the door. 窗戶常打開，醫生快離開。
The doctor is of ten more to be feared than the disease. 醫生常常比疾病更可怕。
The best doctors are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merr yman. 最好的醫師就是飲食，安靜，和快樂。
Repentance is the hear t's medicine. [German Proverb] 懊悔是醫治心靈的良藥。（德國諺語）
Repentance is a pill unwillingly swallowed. 懊悔是一顆人們不願意吞服的藥丸。
Repentance is a bitter physic. 懊悔是苦藥。
Medicines are not meat to live by. 藥物不像肉類可以賴以為生。
Laughter is the best medicine. 歡笑是最好的良藥。
If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the ear th hides it. 醫得了病，醫不了命。
Good medicine is bitter to the mouth. [Chinese Proverb] 良藥苦口利於病。（中國諺語）
Diet cures more than a doctor. 食物治療勝過於醫生的治療。
Early and Late （早與晚）
The early man never borrows from the late man. 早起三朝當一工，免得求人落下封。
The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鳥有蟲吃。莫道君行早，更有早行人。
Sooner begun, sooner done. 速戰速決。
Soon ripe, soon rotten. 早熟早爛。
It is too late to spare when the bottom is bare. 臨堤走馬收韁晚，船到江心補漏遲。
It is too late to shut the stable door af ter the horse has bolted. 等到馬兒跑掉才關門，為時已晚。亡羊
補牢，後悔已晚。
He who works before dawn will soon be his own master. 黎明前做工的人將做自己的主人。
He that will thrive must rise at five. 若要飛黃騰達，五點須起床。
He that rises late, must trot all day. 晚起床的人必須整天都要急步疾走。
He is never too late to mend. 改過不嫌遲。亡羊補牢，未為晚也。
Better late than never. 遲到總比不到好。早播種，早收成。先下米，先吃飯。
Early sow, early mow.

An hour in the morning is wor th two in the evening. 早上一小時抵過晚上兩小時。一日之計在於晨。
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 睡得早起得早，聰明富裕身體
好。
Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark . 日出而作，日入而息。
Education and Experience （教育與經驗）
Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。談虎色變。心有餘悸。
Old birds are not caught with chaff. 老雀不易受騙。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 沒有學問的經驗勝過沒有經驗

的學問。
Experience is what a man does with what happens to him. 經驗是一個人處理他所遭遇過的經歷。經

一事，長一智。
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 經驗乃智慧之母。
Experience is the mistress of fools. 經驗是愚者之師。經一事，長一智。
Experience is a precious gif t, only given a man when his hair is gone. [Turkish Proverb] 經驗是一件珍
貴禮品，衹獻給頭髮脫落的人。（土耳其諺語）
A painful experience makes us cautious in the future. 痛苦的經驗使我們將來更為謹慎。
Education begins a gentleman, conver sation completes him. 教育是成為紳士的第一步，而談吐則畢其

成。
Experience is a school from which no one can never graduate. 經驗是一所人人都能畢業的學校。
Education polishes good natures, and corrects bad ones. 教育修飾良好的本性，矯正不良的本性。
Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 吃虧學乖代價高，笨漢非此學不好。
Crooked by nature is never made straight by education. 天生扭曲者，無法因教育變直。
An investment in education pays the best dividends. 投資教育將來一定有好處。
Experience is the best teacher. 經驗乃最佳的良師。經一事，長一智。

Example and Precept （身教與言教）
Where the dam leaps over, th e kid follows. 上行下效。
We live by laws, not by examples. 我們是以法律為依歸，不是以個人的典範為依歸。
The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve. 托缽僧勸人勿偷盜，袖子裡卻藏著
一隻鵝。監守自盜。（口是心非，言行相悖。）
Teach others by thy examples. 教人須以身作則。
Precepts may lead and examples draw. 教訓能指引人；實踐能推動人。
Precept begins, example accomplishes. 以教訓來開始，以實踐來完成。

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proverbs 英文諺語(一)

A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩

A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. 上樑不正下樑歪

A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險

A man is known by the company he keeps. 觀其友，知其人

A miss is as good as a mile. 差之毫釐失之千里

A stitch in time saves nine. 一勞永逸

A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲

After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來，雨過天青

All good things come to an end. 花無百日紅，好景不常在

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只 工 作 無 消 遣 會 使 人 遲 鈍

As you make the bed, so you must lie in it. 自作自受

Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里

Beggars must not be choosers. 飢不擇食

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為雞首不為牛後

Clothes do not make the man. 人不可貌相

Constant dropping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石

Custom reconciles us to everything. 習慣成自然

Do to others as you would have others do to you. 推 己 及 人

Don’ t bite off more than you can chew. 不要貪多嚼不爛

Every cloud has a silver lining. 凡事皆有好的一面，否極泰來

Example is better than precept. 身教重於言教

Experience is the best teacher. 前事不忘，後事之師

Experience is the mother of wisdom. 不經一事，不長一智

First impressions are most lasting. 先入為主

Good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口

Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常樂

Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達

He who is contented is rich. 知足者富

In wine, there is truth. 酒後吐真言

It is never too late to men. 亡羊補牢，時猶未晚

It takes two to make a quarrel/to tango. 一個巴掌拍不響

Let bygones be bygones. 過去的就讓它過去，既往不咎

Life is but an empty dream. 浮生若夢

Lost time is never found. 光陰一逝不復返

Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人成事在天

Many hands make light work. 人多好辦事

Never do things by halves. 做事莫半途而廢

Old habit dies hard. 積習難改

One good turn deserves another. 好心有好報

Pride goes before a fall. 驕者必敗

Share and share alike. 有福同享，有難同當

Slow and stead wins the race. 慢而穩者操勝算，慢工出細活

The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步

There is no royal road to learning. 學問無捷徑

There is no smoke without fire. 無風不起浪

Time will tell. 時間會證明一切

To err is human; to forgive divine. 人非盛賢孰能無過

Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多礙事

Variety is the spice of life. 變化是人生的調味品

Walls have ears. 隔牆有耳

Well begun is half done. 好的開始是成功的一半

When one doors shuts, another opens. 天無絕人之路

Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴稍

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. 朽木不可雕，老狗學不了新把戲

1 ) He who has health has hope...... 留 得 青 山 在 ， 不 怕 沒 柴 燒

2 ) Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow...... 自 由 就 是 在 法 律 允 許 下 的 範 圍 下 有 權

3 ) Two heads are better than one...... 三 個 臭 皮 匠 ， 勝 過 一 個 諸 葛 亮

4 ) Misery loves company...... 禍 不 單 行

5 ) It is better to win the peace and to lose the war...... 寧 願 贏 得 和 平 而 輸 掉 戰 爭

6 ) God's mill grinds slow but sure...... 天 網 恢 恢 ， 疏 而 不 漏

7 ) It takes all sorts to make a world...... 一 種 米 養 百 種 人 ( 世 界 是 形 形 色 色 的 人 所 組 成 的 )

8 ) There are sides to every question. ..... 每 個 問 題 都 有 正 反 兩 面 看 法 ( 公 說 公 有 禮 ， 婆 說 婆 有 禮 )

9 ) Rome was not built in a day...... 羅 馬 不 是 一 天 造 成 的

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作無消遣會使人遲鈍

Do to others as you would have others do to you. 推己及人

1 ) He who has health has hope...... 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

2 ) Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow...... 自由就是在法律允許下的範圍下有權

3 ) Two heads are better than one...... 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮

4 ) Misery loves company...... 禍不單行

5 ) It is better to win the peace and to lose the war...... 寧願贏得和平而輸掉戰爭

6 ) God's mill grinds slow but sure...... 天網恢恢，疏而不漏

7 ) It takes all sorts to make a world...... 一種米養百種人 ( 世界是形形色色的人所組成的 )

8 ) There are sides to every question. ..... 每個問題都有正反兩面看法 ( 公說公有禮，婆說婆有禮 )

9 ) Rome was not built in a day...... 羅馬不是一天造成的

10) Self -trust is the first secret of success...... 自信是成功的地一祕訣

2) Experience is the extract of suffering...... 經驗是由痛苦中粹取出來的

3) Imagination is more important than knowled ge......想像力比知識更重要

4) Words cut more than swords...... 舌劍利於刀劍

5) The leopards cannot change his spots...... 江山易改，本性難移

6) The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth...... 心靈的財富才是唯一真正的財富

8) Beauty is in the eye of t he beholder......情人眼裡出西施

10)It takes all sorts to make a world...... 一種米養百種人 ( 世界是形形色色的人所組成的 )

21) Life is not merely living but living in health... ...生活不只要活，而且要活的健康

22) There is no rose without a thorn. .....朵朵玫瑰皆有刺 (沒有十全十美的人生 )

24) trust men and they will be true to y ou......相信他們，他們才會對你忠誠 ( 信人者人恆信之 )

26) A bad penny always comes back...... 惡有惡報

27) Pardon is the most glorious revenge...... 寬恕是最偉大的報復

28) patience is better but its fruit is sweet...... 保持耐性是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜美的

29) He who has hope has everything...... 擁有希望的人擁有一切

30) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm...... 沒有熱誠難成大事

32)Time is money. .....時間就是金錢

34)Practice makes perfect...... 熟能生巧

35)Unity is streng th. .....團結就是力量

36)Knowledge is power. .....知識就是力量

37)Might is right. .....強權就是公理

38)Live and learn. .....活到老，學到老

39)Haste makes waste. .....欲速則不達

40)Seeing is believing .....百聞不如一見

Success and Failure （成與敗）

1. Complete cooperation is vital to success. 徹底的合作是成功的重要條件。

2. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是邁向成功之路的第一步。

3. Deserve success and you shall command it. 得著成功，才可支配成功。

4. Distress offers opportunities for the obtaining of success. 逆境給予獲得成功的機會。

5. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will but learn. 要是人願意學習的話，每次的失敗都會

6. Failure is one thing that can be achieved without effort. 失敗是一件不用努力即可獲得的東西。

7. Failure is the foundation of success. 失敗是成功的基礎。

8. Failure is the mother of success. (Fail ure teaches success.) 。失敗乃成功之母

10. He loses indeed that loses last. 最後失敗者才是真正的失敗。

12. Many men have failed through lack of decision. 許多人因缺乏果斷而失敗。

13. Mere talking tends only to failure. 空談只會導致失敗。

Absence and Presence （在與不在）

1.Absence diminishes little passions and increases great o nes. 離別削減小愛，卻增添大愛。

2. Absence is mother of disillusion. 疏離是覺悟之母。

3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小別情更濃。小別勝新婚。

4. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 分離令愛加深，相見使情更濃。

5. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 。肉身雖不在，精神卻不死。永垂不朽

6. Far from eye, far from heart. 離眼遠，離心遠。眼不見，心不念。

7. He that fears you present will hate you absent. 在你面前怕你的人，在你背後恨你。

8. If a person is away, his right is away. [Moorish Proverb] 人若不在場，他的權利就會喪失。（摩爾諺

9. Long absence changes a friend. 久別朋友變。

10. Long absent, soon forgotten. 久別情疏。

11. Man are best loved farthest off. 相隔最遙遠的人最為人疼愛。

12. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見，心不念。

13. Salt water and absence wash away love. 遠離久別恩情疏。

16. When the cat's away, the mice will play. 貓兒不在，老鼠做怪。閻王不在，小鬼做怪

Actions and Words （行動與空談）

1. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 一個光說不做的人好像一個花園，

2. A word before is worth two behind. 事前一句勝過事後兩句

3. A word is enough to the wise. 智者一點就明

4. A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，如箭射出。

5. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識的卓越果實。

6. Better to sail slowly than not to sail at all. 完全停滯不前不如慢慢駛向前。

7. Brave actions never want a trumpet. 英勇的行為永遠不需要吹噓。

9. Deeds are males, and words are females. 「做」是男人的事，「說」是女人的事。

10. Deeds, not words. 在於行動，不在於言語。說得到，做得到。言出必行。

11. Few words are best. 少說為妙。

12. Fine words butter no parsnips. 花言巧語不能滋潤防風草。口惠而實不至。

13. Fine words dress ill deeds. 巧言藏惡行。好話說盡，壞事做盡。說一套，做一套。

17. Hard words break no bones. 惡言傷不到人心。笑罵由他笑罵。

18. He is noble who feels and acts nobly. 顯貴的人總是思想崇高和舉止優雅。

Advice and Counsel （忠告與建議 )

1. A woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. 女人的忠告雖不是怎麼大不

3. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 良言於最需要時最不受重視。忠言逆耳。