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A collection of English proverbs T-Z

Updated: Dec 8, 2018

Take heed of the snake in the grass. 小心草中有蛇。

Take time for deliberation; haste spoils everything. 从容思考,心急坏事。

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 做事要深思熟虑,但时机一到,就要行动,不要犹豫。

Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings. 说到曹操,曹操就到。

That city cannot prosper where an ox is sold for less than a fish. 不合理的社会现象是不正常的。

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Dec 08, 2018

Wonder is the daughter of ignorance. 惊奇是无敌的产物。/少见多怪。

Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man. 奇迹很多,但没有一件东西比人更为奇妙。

You cannot make a crab walk straight. 谁也不能让螃蟹直着走路。

Your conversation is the mirror of your thoughts. 言为心声。

Youth looks forward and age backward. 青年人向前看,老年人向后看。

Zeal is only for wise men , but is found mostly in fools. 热情应归智者有,然而傻瓜最热诚。

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 没有知识的热情,犹如脱缰之马。

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Dec 08, 2018

Thought is the seed of action.思想是行动的种子。

Time dissolves all thing. 时间消融一切。

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 学而不思,犹如食而不化。

True wisdom is to know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing. 真正的智慧是知道有价值的事,做值得做的事。

Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood. 真理和爱情是世界上力量最强大的两样东西,当它们两者走在一起时,它们是很难抵挡的。

Truth fears no colours. 真理是驳不倒的。

Two's company, three's a crowd. 爱情不容第三者。

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Dec 08, 2018

The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct. 聪明人循理智办事,平常人照经验办事,蠢人按需要办事,畜生凭想不通办事。

The words once spoken can never be recalled.一言既出,驷马难追。

The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界恰似一把梯,有人上去有人下。

The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.世界对理性的人来说,是一出喜剧,而对感性的人看来,只是一出悲剧。

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Dec 08, 2018

The only cure for grief is action. 行动是对悲痛唯一的治疗。

The proper study of mankind is man. 研究人类,就应以人为本。

The ransom of a man's life are his riches. 人莫为外物所累。

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足。

The weakest goes to the wall. 弱者败北。

The wisdom of nations lies in the proverbs, which are brief and pithy.国家智慧,寓于格言,它们精辟,而且简练。

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Dec 08, 2018

The man in love is born again. 恋爱使人重生。

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.不出差错的人干不出什么事来。

The mob has many heads but no brains. 乌合之众有头无脑。

The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 月亮不理狗吠。

The most useful learning in the world is that which teaches us how to die well. 世界上最有用的学问是告诉我们怎样死得其所。

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. 母亲的心肠是孩子的课堂。

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