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A collection of English proverbs G-H-

Gain at the expense of reputation should be called loss. 以名誉为代价而得到的收益应称为损失。

Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers. 靠骗人得利将会最终害己。

Gather roses while you may. 良机勿失,时不我待。

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine ercent perspiration.天才是一份灵感加九十九份汗水。

Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary. 纨绔弟子,不如要饭花子。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪,何患无辞。

Give a lark to catch a kite. 得不偿失。

Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself. 多行不义必自毙。

Give an inch and take a mile. 得寸进尺。

Give as good as one gets. 以其人之道,还治其人之身。

Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。

Give hostages to fortune.听天由命。

Glory,honor,wealth,and rank, such things are nothing but shadows. 富贵如浮云。

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willer
willer
Nov 19, 2018

Hot love,a hasty vengeance. 爱得热,冷得快。

Humility is the foundation of all virtue. 谦逊是一切美德的基础。

Hunger breaks stone walls. 饥饿使人造反。

Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. 饥饿引狼出森林。

Hunger will relish the plainest fare. 饥不择食。

Hunger dogs will eat dirty puddings. 饥不择食。

Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue. 虚伪是邪恶对美德所表示的敬意。

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willer
Nov 19, 2018

Hitch your wagon to a star. 人要思高想远。

Home is where the heart is. 心在哪里,家就在哪里。

Honeyed words may deceive people of some time, but they cannot stand the test of time and practice. 花言巧语蒙骗人于一时,但却经不起时间和实践的检验。

Honor and ease are seldom bedfellows. 贪图安逸,难得荣誉。

Honour and profit lie not in one sack. 荣誉和私利,决不在一起。

Honour to whom honour is due. 荣誉属于应得之人。

Hope springs eternal(in the human breast). 希望会产生,永远无穷尽。

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willer
Nov 19, 2018

Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. 健康愉快,相生相成。

Health does not consist with intemperance. 健康与纵欲难相容。

Health is not valued till sickness comes. 不到病时不知健康的宝贵。

Hear all parties. 兼听则明。

Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure. 天网恢恢,疏而不漏。

Hesitation signifies wavering of will. 犹疑是意志的动摇。

Hew not too high lest the chips fall in your eye. 奢望别太高,免得自寻苦恼。

Hide not your light under a bushel. 莫过度自谦。

Hide one's talents in a napkin. 埋没自己的才能。

High places have their precipices. 位高临险。


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willer
willer
Nov 18, 2018

He who thinks of evil will be evil. 罪恶的思想是罪恶的根源。

He who tramples upon practice will be tried eventually by truth and punished by practice. 对实践专横的人,到头来只能受真理的审判、实践的惩罚。

He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。

He who will seek,may find. 求索者,有所获。

He will burn his house to warm his hands. 焚屋烘手。

He will go to hell for the house profit. 为谋一己利,不惜下地狱。

He will shoot higher who shoots at the moon(sun) than he who aims at a tree. 目标高才能射得高。

He will wag as the bush wags. 内行的人做事一定会做得最好。

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willer
Nov 18, 2018

He who loves others is constantly loved by them; he who respects others is constantly respected by them. 爱人者人恒爱之,敬人者人恒敬之。

He who makes no mistakes,makes nothing. 人若无错,事事难做。

He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy. 克制火气就是克制强敌。

He who sees through life and death will meet with most success.看破生死者,大多会成功。

He who shares honey with the bear has the least part of it. 与熊分蜜,只能尝一滴。

He who swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity. 在顺境中趾高气扬的人,在逆境中将垂头丧气。

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