格言警句 (中英對照)

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[color="Indigo"]格言警句 (中英對照)

[color="Navy"]One careless move loses the whole game.
一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。

Distance lends enchantment to the view.
遠觀很迷人，近看現瑕疵。

One became the victor and the other hid in a corner of the yard.
勝者王侯敗者賊。

Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
得寸進尺。

Say well is good ,but do well is better.
說的好雖好，做的好更好。

Do as you would be done by.
想讓別人如何待你，你就必須如何待別人。

Better lose a jest than a friend.
寧失一虐，不失一友；莫因玩笑傷感情。

In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.
在人生的戰場中，唯有日日前進不屈不撓始能獲勝。

The fox may grow grey, but never good.
狐狸活到老，永遠難變好。

Dog bark before they bite.
惡行之前有惡聲。

He that respects not is not respected.
欲受人敬，要先敬人。

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
無奢望者有福，因其永不失望。

If opportunity doesn't knock then build a door.
機遇不來時，趕快裝扇門。

An egg should not wrestle with a rock.
雞蛋絕不要拿石頭碰。

Without entering the tiger's lair, how can one catch the tiger's cub?
不入虎穴，焉得虎子？

Mind your own affairs.
少管閒事。

He that gapes till he be fed will gape till he be dead.
張嘴等餵，張嘴等死。

Eat the grape and don't ask which vineyard it came from.
吃葡萄不要問它來自哪個葡萄園。
  
It is darkest before the dawn.
黎明前最黑暗。

The neighbour's lawn is green.
鄰家的草坪綠 (太太別人的好)。

Beads about his neck ,and the devil in his body.
頸上戴念珠，身上存魔鬼。

Dread is produced by a powerlessness.
畏懼是軟弱的表現。

A hero only appears once the tiger is dead.
老虎死了英雄才出現。

There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
兩種人完美：死人和未出生的人。

A good conscience is a continuous feast.
問心無愧天天樂。

In sports and journeys men are known.
從體育和旅行中可以看出男子的品德。

Be just before you are generous.
要慷慨必先求公正。

The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
最高尚的復仇是寬容。

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.
要有單獨自處的能力，不要放過孤寂的好處。

Patience is the ability to put up with people you'd like to put down.
能容忍你想羞辱的人，便是忍耐。

It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮容易當。

Spare the rod and spoil the child.
不打不成器。

Self-praise is no recommendation.
自誇不足為自薦。

They brag most who can do least.
本領最小的人最會吹牛。

He is rich that has few wants.
寡欲者富。

Every man at forty is a fool or a physician.
人到四十，如果不是傻子，就該知道保養身體。

Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
憤怒是吹滅心中之燈的風。

Every cloud has a silver lining.
烏雲背後有陽光。

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇氣是：無所畏懼地接受上天給你的一切。

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
有時吃虧就是最大的便宜。

Look on both sides of the shield.
看問題要從兩面看。

You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蠟燭不能兩頭點。

Fair words make fools fain.
甜言蜜語會使愚者得意忘形。

A　soft answer turneth away wrath.
溫和的回答可以息怒。

make the best of a bad bargain.
已知吃虧，盡力而為。

He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.
做事過於苛求，反把事情弄壞。

Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
麻煩沒有來找你，不要去找麻煩。

A man can't ride your back unless it is bent.
你的腰不彎，別人就不能騎在你的背上。

Conceit is the quicksand of success.
自負是成功的流沙。

Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take action .
幽默是生活的減震器，它可以鼓舞人們付諸於行動。