Put your foot down where you mean to stand.
退却是有限的，所以不能老让步。
Revenge is dangerous：it may hurt you as well as your enemy.
报复是危险的：它会伤害别人，也会伤害自己。
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
缄默有时就是最严厉的批评。
Speaking without thinking is shooting without aiming.
不考虑就说话就等于不瞄准乱放箭。
Say well is good， but do well is better.
说得漂亮是好的，但做得完美更妙。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
Strong reasons make strong actions.
强有力的理由产生强有力的行动。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
不加责罚，会宠坏孩子。
Survival of the fittest.
适者生存。
Speech is silver， but silence is gold.
说话是银，沉默是金。
Dont cross the bridge until you come to it.
不要杞人忧天（或不要自寻烦恼）。
Any system must balance itself with what it can offer to the nation.
任何体制的价值都取决于它对国家的好处。
All empty souls tend to extreme opinion.
内心空虚的人爱走极端。
A careful household budget is a key to a happy family.
仔细的家庭预算是家庭幸福的一个关键所在。
A cat may look at king.
小人物也该有些权利。
A small leak will sink a great ship.
一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船。
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
不要问你们的国家为你们做些什么，而要问我们能替我们的国家做些什么。
All men are created equal.
人生而平等。
Action speaks louder than words.
行动胜于语言。
A true jest is not a jest.
一个真正的笑话并非笑话。
Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
Better early than late.
宁早勿迟。
Blushing is virtues colour.
脸红是美德的颜色。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Better be wise by the defeat of others than by your own.
从别人的失败中吸取教训比从自己的失败中吸取教训更好。
Better safe than sorry.
与其事后懊丧，不如事前预防。
Be content with what you have.
对已有的东西要知足。
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.
勿因小失大。
Care killed the cat.
忧伤足以致命。
Clothes make the man.
人靠衣装，佛靠金装。
Corruption of the best becomes the worst.
最好的东西如果发生了腐化，就会成为最坏的东西。
Curses always come home to roost.
害人终害己。
Custom without reason is but ancient error.
没有理由根据的风俗只是一个古老的错误而已。
Comparisons are odious.
人比人气死人。
Desperate diseases need desperate cures.
险病要用险法治。
The far water can‘t solve near thirst.
远水解不了近渴。
Dont whistle until you are out of the wood.
凡事不要高兴得太早。
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更危险。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强人背后有强人。
Dont listen to flatters.
不要听信奉承者的话。
Dont try to do the impossible.
别做你根本就办不到的事。
Do not judge peoples usefulness by their appearance.
不要根据一个人的外表来判断他的用处（不要以貌取人）。
Every man is a fool sometimes but none at all times.
每个人在某些时间里都可能是一个蠢才，但没有一个人在所有的时间里都是蠢才。
Every why has a wherefore.
凡事都有一个理由。
Easy come，easy go.
容易得到的，也容易失去。
Every dog has his day.
每个人都有他自己的好时光。
Every medal has its reverse.
每个勋章都有它的反面。
Every heart has its sorrow.
每个人都有他自己的伤心事。
Everybody has his merits and faults.
每个人都有他的优点和缺点。
Everyones faults are not written in their foreheads.
每个人的缺点并不是写在他的额头上的。
Every man to his taste.
我们应当尊重别人的嗜好。
Every bean has its black.
人各有其短处。
Eye for eye， tooth for tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
Beggars must not be choosers.
饥不择食。
Sharp tongue is only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
利嘴是唯一久用而弥锋的利器。
The idealistic and not practical usually destroyed originally already quite good thing.
好高骛远往往毁坏了本来已经不错的东西。
Sometimes it is safer not to have an opinion.
有时候不表态更安全。
Take things as they come.
当不如意的事情发生时，要平心静气地去处理。
The used key is always bright.
用旧了的钥匙总是亮的。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
厨师太多会弄坏美食。
Things rashly taken end as ill.
匆忙常常会导致恶果。
There is no rule without exception.
有规则，必有例外。
You cant please everyone.
你不能使每个人都满意。
You dont change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the walls.
你把墙上的画像翻转过去，并未改变历史的进程。
You should never accuse anyone without proof.
不要平白无故地指责别人。
You may have to fight people who cheat with their own weapons.
你可以用骗子用的手段来对付骗子。
You cant clap with one hand.
孤掌难鸣。
Watch out when strangers are nice to you. They may want something for themselves.
陌生人对你表示友好时，要多加小心，他们可能别有用心。
When angry， count ten before you speak； if very angry， count a hundred.
在愤怒时，说话前要数十个数；如果是在愤怒至极时，那就要数一百个数了。
Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇会害了你。
The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
Oil and water dont mix.
水火不相容。
Beauty is skin deep.
不要以貌取人。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
人言可畏。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需求是发明之母。
A worm will turn.
如被逼太甚，最温顺者也会反抗。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以毒攻毒。
When in Rome， do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
莫惹是非。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
You may take a horse to the water， but you cannot make him drink.
不要逼人做他不愿做的事。
A barking dog never bites.
吠犬不咬人。
A watched pot never boils.
心急水不沸。
It never rains but it pours.
祸不单行。
Make sure its really you people are praising， before you give youself air.
别摆架子，先弄清人们赞扬的到底是不是你。
Men willingly believe what they wish.
人往往一厢情愿。
Misfortunes like the creations of Cadmus，they destroy one another.
人生的种种厄运是会同室操戈的，它们之间往往互相抵消。
If you cant make use of something yourself，give it someone who can.
如果你自己不能用的东西，就把它送给能用它的人。
Judge not， that you be not judged.
如果你不受批评，不要批评别人。
Look before you leap.
在你未跳之前要先看清楚。
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
从不充足的前提中引申出充足的结论，这种艺术就是生活。
All is not gold that glitters.
闪光的东西不一定是黄金。
Lookerson see most of the game.
旁观者清。
