69. Every potter praises his own pot. 老王卖瓜，自卖自
夸。
70. Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王卖瓜，自
卖自夸。
71. Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。
72. Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好
处。
73. Everything has its seed. 无风不起浪。
74. Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
任何事情都有好的时机，不要随意放过。
75. Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的结果。
76. Everything is good in its season. 万物逢时皆美好。
77. Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 东
西新的好，朋友老的好。
78. Everything is nice in your garden. 老王卖瓜，自卖自
夸。
79. Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源。
80. Everything new is fine. 新事物总是美好的。
81. Every tide hath its ebb. 兴盛之日必有衰退之时。
82. Every tree is known by its own fruit. 观其言行，知其
为人。
83. Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因。
84. Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪恶
来时，尺进寸退。
85. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交往恶
劣，有损风度。
86. Evil gotten, evil spent. 悖入悖出。
87. Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。
88. Exchange is no robbery. 公平交易并非强行夺取。
89. Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are
the best of all physicians. 锻链、节制、新鲜空气和必要
的休息是最好的医生。
90. Experience is a school from which one can never
graduate. 经验无止境。
91. Experience is the best teacher. 经验是良师。
92. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the
mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
93. Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧来自经验。
94. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no
other. 吃亏学乖代价高，笨汉非此学不好。
95. Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils
singly. 亲身经验，才是经验。
96. Experience must be bought. 若要得经验，必须化代
价。
97. Experience teaches. 经验给人教训。
98. Experience without learning is better than learning
without experience. 有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无
经验。
99. Extremes are dangerous. 物极必反。
100. Extremes meet. 否极泰来。
101. Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙还牙，以眼还
眼。
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1. Facts are stubborn things. 事实是不容改变的东西。
2. Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
3. Faint heart never wins fair lady.
4. Fair and softly go far in a day. 谦和稳重，前程远大。
5. Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋须修饰。
6. Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
7. Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is
not. 困难见友情。
8. False friends are worse than open enemies. 明枪易躲，
暗箭难防。
9. False tongue will hardly speak truth. 虚伪者不肯说真
话。
10. False with one can be false with two. 对一个人虚伪，
也会对两个人虚伪。
11. Fame is a magnifying glass. 名誉是放大镜。
12. Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and
broadest afar off. 名誉像条河，源头最狭窄，远处最宽
阔。
13. Familiar paths and old friends are the best. 熟路好遵
循，老友最可珍。
14. Far from eye, far from heart. 离远而情疏。
15. Fast bind, fast find. 保存得好，东西好找。
16. Fasting comes after feasting. 今日有酒今日醉，明日无
钱不揭锅。
17. Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥鸡不下蛋。
18. Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样
不顺眼。
19. Fear is often greater than the danger. 杞人忧天。
20. Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要为未
来担忧，不要为过去悲泣。
21. Feed a cold and starve a fever. 伤风时宜吃，发热时宜
饿。
22. Feed a pig and you'll have a hog. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得
豆。
23. Feed by measure and defy physician. 饮食有节制，医
生无用处。
24. Few words are best. 少说为妙。
25. Few words, many deeds. 少说话，多做事。
26. Fine clothes make the man. 人要衣装。
27. Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 人不可貌相。
28. Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
29. Fine words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。
30. Fine words dress ill deeds. 漂亮的言词可以掩饰恶劣
的行为。
31. Finished labours are pleasant. 大功告成，好不高兴。
32. Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水
火是忠仆，造灾成元凶。
33. Fire proves gold, adversity proves men. 烈火显真金，
逆境识英雄。
34. Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. 关得最紧的
火，燃烧得最炽烈。
35. Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad
masters. 水火金钱是忠仆，使用不当是祸首。
36. First catch your hare, then cook him. 不要谋之过早。
37. First come, first served. 先来先卖。
38. First impressions are most lasting. 最初的印象最为持
久。
39. First think, and then speak. 先想后说。
40. First try, and then trust. 试了才能相信。
41. Fish begins to stink at the head. 上梁不正下梁歪。
42. Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
奉承惹人喜，直言招人仇。
43. Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow
thee. 追求爱情，它要逃走；逃避爱情，它会跟你。
44. Fools grow without watering. 笨蛋自然成，无需浇水
勤。
45. Fool's haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。
46. Fools have fortune. 戆人有戆福。
47. Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. 愚者设筵，
智者赴宴。
48. Fools never know when they are well off. 傻瓜永远不
知道他们何时能享福。
49. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 智者裹足不
前，愚者铤而走险。
50. Fools will be fools. 笨蛋总是笨蛋。
51. Fools will be meddling. 愚者总好无事生非。
52. For age and want save while you may; no morning sun
lasts a whole day. 为了年老和急须，要及时积蓄，因为
早晨的太阳，不会整天照耀。
53. For a lost thing care nothing. 一事之失，不必介意。
54. Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果分外甜。
55. Force can never destroy right. 暴力绝不能摧毁正义。
56. Forget not that you are a man. 不要忘记你是一个人。
57. Forget others' faults by remembering your own. 想想
自己的错，就会忘却别人的过。
58. Forgive and forget. 不念旧恶。
59. Forgive others but not yourself. 待人宽，对己严。
60. Fortune favours fools. 傻子有傻福。
61. Fortune favours the bold. 勇者天佑。
62. Fortune is fickle. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
63. Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use
of her. 知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。
64. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人
人都有鸿运高照之日。
65. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have
patience to wait for her. 只要有耐心，总会走好运。
66. Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the
coward. 幸运喜欢勇敢的人，而不喜欢怯懦的人。
67. Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother. 命
运对一种人如亲娘，对另一种人却是晚娘。
68. Four eyes see more than two. 人多识广。
69. Friendless is the dead. 没有朋友者，等于是死人。
70. Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be
screwed too tight. 朋友像琴弦，不能太拧紧。
71. Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.
交往过密过疏，都会失去朋友。
72. Friends are thieves of time. 交朋友，费时间。
73. Friendship cannot stand always on one side. 来而不往
非礼也。
74. Friendship is love with understanding. 友谊是爱加上
谅解。
75. Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs. 友谊可
以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。
76. Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies. 友谊是两人一
条心。
77. Friendship should not be all on one side. 友谊不该只
是单方面的事。
78. Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is. 友谊地
久天长。
79. Friends may meet, but mountains never greet. 朋友可
相逢，高山永分离。
80. Friends must part. 天下无不散之筵席。
81. From a little spark may burst a mighty flame. 星星之
火可以燎原。
82. From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking,
repentance. 多听增智慧，多言生后悔。
83. From saving comes having. 富有来自节约。
84. From short pleasure long repentance. 痛快一时，悔恨
终身。
85. From the father comes honour; from the mother,
comfort. 荣誉由父次，安慰由母与。
86. Frugality is an estate alone. 仅仅节约就是一笔财产。
87. Fruit ripens not well in the shade. 阴凉处的果子不会
成熟。
88. Full belies make empty skulls. 大腹便便，头脑空虚。
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1. Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers. 靠欺骗得来的
利益会使自己受害。
2. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 有花堪折直须折。
3. Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 天才常被
天才误。
4. Gifts from enemies are dangerous. 敌人礼，藏危险。
5. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患
无词。
6. Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself. 授绳
与愚，愚能自傅。
7. Give a lark to catch a kite. 得不偿失。
8. Give as good as one gets. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。
9. Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself. 多
行不义必自毙。
10. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. 要多听少
说。
11. Give hostages to fortune. 听天由命。
12. Glory, honour, wealth, and rank, such things are
nothing but shadows. 富贵如浮云。
13. Glory is the shadow of virtue. 光荣是美德的影子。
14. God defend me from my friends; form my enemy I
can defend myself. 防友靠天，防敌靠己。
15. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助之。
16. God never shuts one door but he opens another. 天无
绝人之路。
17. God sends fortune to fools. 蠢人有蠢福。
18. God sends meat and the devil sends cooks. 鲜肉由天
次，劣厨乃鬼遣。
19. Go farther and fare worse. 一动不如一静。
20. Go for wool and come home shorn. 求得反失。
21. Gold will not buy everything. 黄金不能购买一切。
22. Good children make glad parents. 孩子好，父母笑。
23. Good counsel does no harm. 忠言无害。
24. Good counsel never comes amiss. 忠言有利无害。
25. Good counsel never comes too late. 忠言绝不嫌迟。
26. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven. 善行如
日月经天。
27. Good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜美貌。
28. Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a
noble man can do. 以德报德，人人都能做到；以德报
怨只有高尚的人才能办到。
29. Good health is above wealth. 健康重于财富。
30. Good news goes on crutches. 好事不出门。
31. Goods are theirs that enjoy them. 能享受自己财产的
人是财产的真正主人。
32. Good to begin well, better to end well. 善始好，善终更
好。
33. Good watch prevents misfortune. 有备无患。
34. Good wine needs no bush. 酒好客自来。
35. Good wine needs no cries. 好酒无需叫卖。
36. Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools.
话好行为劣，欺骗智和愚。
37. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 光说
好话而不见行动，一文不值。
38. Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. 搬事弄非者，必
是撒谎人。
39. Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 早睡
早起。
40. Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue
when in company. 一人独处慎于思，与人相处慎于言。
41. Grain by grain and hen fills her belly. 一粒一粒啄米，
母鸡填饱肚皮。
42. Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。
43. Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you. 困难像弹簧，
你硬它就软。
44. Grasp the shadow and let go the substance. 舍本逐
末。
45. Grasp the thistle firmly. 毅然处理困难局面。
46. Great barkers are no biters. 吠犬不咬。
47. Great boast, small roast. 说得天花乱坠，成事微乎其
微。
48. Great designs require great consideration. 宏伟的计
划须要慎重考虑。
49. Greatest genius often lies concealed. 大智若愚。
50. Great hopes make great man. 大希望造就大人物。
51. Great men are not always wise. 伟大的人物未必总是
英明的。
52. Great men have great faults. 伟人也会铸大错。
53. Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
54. Great oaks from little acorns grow. 万丈高楼平地起。
55. Great souls suffer in silence. 伟人受苦，声色不露。
56. Great talkers are commonly liars. 能言的人谎话多。
57. Great talkers are little doers. 人好说大话，并非实干
家。
58. Great talkers are not great doers. 其人说得多，做得不
会多。
59. Great winds blow upon high hills. 树大招风。
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1. Habit cures habit. 新风移旧俗。
2. Habit is second nature. 习惯成自然。
3. Half a tale is enough for a wise man. 聪明人凡事只须
听一半，就会明白究竟。
4. Half a loaf is better then no bread. 半块面包亦胜无。
5. Half the world knows not how the other half lives. 富
人不知穷人苦。
6. Hang up one's fiddle when one comes home. 在外谈笑
风生，在家闷闷不乐。
7. Hang up one's hat in another's house. 在别人家里久留
不去，长期居住。
8. Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常乐。
9. Happiness takes no account of time. 幸福不觉光阴过。
10. Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年时代快乐
的人是幸福的。
11. Happy is he that is happy in his children. 对自己孩子
感到高兴的，才是幸福的人。
12. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得青
年时所做的愚笨事的人是幸福的。
13. Happy is he who owes nothing. 无债一身轻。
14. Happy is the man that owes nothing. 无债一身轻。
15. Hardships never come alone. 祸不单行。
16. Hard words break no bones, fine words butter no
parsnips. 粗话无害，甘言无益。
17. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 虎落平阳被
犬欺。
18. Harm set, harm get. 自作自受。
19. Harm watch, harm catch. 害人反害己。
20. Haste makes waste. 拔苗助长。
21. Hasty climbers have sudden falls. 大起者有大落。
22. Hasty love is soon hot and soon cold. 草草率率谈恋
爱，热得快也冷得快。
23. Hasty love, soon cold. 匆忙的爱情冷得快。
24. Hatred is blind as well as love. 爱情与仇恨同样是盲
目的。
25. Have but few friends though many acquaintances. 朋
友要少，熟人要多。
26. Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes out. 同类不相残。
27. He alone is happy who commands his passions. 只有
控制感情的人，才会幸福。
28. He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge. 没
有知识，才是贫穷。
29. Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. 健
康愉快，相生相成。
30. Health and understanding are the two great blessing
of life. 健康和融洽是人生两大幸事。
31. Health does not consist with intemperance. 健康和放
纵，彼此不相容。
32. Health is above wealth. 健康胜于财富。
33. Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。
34. Health is happiness. 健康就是幸福。
35. Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知无病
乐。
36. Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天助自助
者。
37. Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而
不漏。
38. He bears misery best who hides it most. 最会隐瞒痛
苦者，乃是最善忍受痛苦人。
39. He can who belive he can.
40. He dances well to whom fortune pipes. 鸿运来时，百
事顺遂。
41. He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour.
吃过苦头，才配享受。
42. Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears. 篱笆有眼，隔
墙有耳。
43. He dies like a beast who has done no good while he
lived. 生时不做好事，死了像个畜生。
44. He gives twice that gives in a trice. 即刻就给予，等于
给两次。
45. He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is a wise man
who will not. 愚笨人不会发怒，聪明人不愿发怒。
46. He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our
backs. 背后说人好话的够朋友。
47. He is a good man whom fortune makes better. 好人走
运人更好。
48. He is a wise man who speaks little. 聪明的人话不多。
49. He is lifeless that is faultless. 人孰无过。
50. He is never alone that is in the company of noble
thoughts. 思想崇高者，绝不会孤独。
51. He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on
occasion. 不能偶而装疯卖傻，就不是一个聪明人。
52. He is not fit to command others that cannot command
himself. 正人先正己。
53. He is rich enough who has true friends. 有真朋友的人
是富翁。
54. He is rich enough who owes nothing. 无债就是富。
55. He is the wise man who is the honest man. 诚实的人
就是聪明的人。
56. He is the wisest man who does not think himself so. 不
自以为聪明的人是最聪明的人。
57. He is truly happy who makes others happy. 真正幸福
的是使人幸福的人。
58. He is unfortunate who cannot bear misfortune. 不能
承受不幸的就是不幸。
59. He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself. 为己
而生，生而可耻。
60. He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs. 聪
明的人有足够的才智处理自己的事情。
61. He is wise that is honest. 诚实者明智。
62. He is wise that knows when he's well enough. 知足的
人是聪明的人。
63. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound. 富人不知穷
