闭上嘴巴，睁开眼睛。
多看少说。
612. Look before you leap.
慎思而后行。
613. Second thoughts are best.
三思而后行。
614. He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明的人言语少。
615. He knows most who [that] speaks least.
616. Who knows most, says [speaks] least.
懂得最多的人说得最少。
617. A wise head makes a close mouth.
头脑灵，嘴巴紧。
618. A man of sense talks little and listens much.
有理智的人，说得少听得多。
619. From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking repentance.
多听出智慧，多说要后悔。
620. Words are the wise man’s counters and the fool’s money.
聪明人把言语做筹码，愚蠢人把言语当真钱。
聪明人把言语作手段，愚蠢人把言语作目的。
621. Let not your tongue cut your throat.
莫让舌头砍了脖子。
舌是斩身刀。
祸从口出。
622. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.
能说者未必能行。
623. Great boast, small roast.
624. Great boasters [talkers], little doers.
625. Great braggers, little doers.
夸夸其谈者，实际行动少。
言语的巨人，行动的矮子。
626. Every brave man is a man of his word.
勇敢之人不食言。
君子一言，驷马难追。
627. A word spoken is past recalling.
628. A word spoken cannot be recalled.
629. The words once spoken can never be recalled.
一言既出，驷马难追。
630. A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled.
说出口的话和扔出的石头都收不回来。
一言既出，驷马难追。
631. A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
君子一言，如箭离弦。
一言既出，驷马难追。
632. Many a true word is spoken in jest.
633. There is many a true word spoken in jest.
笑语之中吐真言。
634. In vino veritas.
635. In wine there is truth.
酒后吐真言。
636. What the heart thinks the tongue speaks.
637. As a man’s heart is, so does he speak.
心里想什么，嘴上就说什么。
言为心声。
638. One’s words reflect one’s thinking.
嘴上讲的反映心里想的。
言为心声。
639. Speech is the index of the mind.
言为心声。
640. Speech is the picture of the mind.
言语是心灵的写照。
言为心声。
641. Speech shows what a man is.
言语说明人品。
听其言，知其人。
642. The head is recognized by the tongue.
听其言，知其思。
言为心声。
643. When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth.
心中着了火，口中冒火星。
心里有什么，嘴里就说什么。
644. Words are the voice of the heart.
言为心声。
645. Your conversation is the mirror of your thoughts.
言语是心灵的镜子。
心里怎么想，嘴上怎么说。
言为心声。
646. A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
易于许诺之人，也易于忘记。
647. A man that breaks his words, bids others to be false to him.
不守信用之人，无异于叫别人对他失信。
648. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
慢许诺快兑现。
649. Words are but wind.
说话只算是刮风。
话是空的。
650. Fair words butter no parsnips.
美言无补实际。
651. Talking mends no holes.
空谈于事无补。
652. Words pay no debts.
空话不能抵债。
空谈无济于事。
653. Facts speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
654. Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.
行动是果，言语是叶。
655. Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
与其言语不中肯，不如一句也不吭。
656. It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
话说得多是一回事，说得中肯是另一回事。
657. Saying and doing are two things.
说和做是两回事。
658. Saying is one thing and doing another.
说是一回事，做是另一回事。
659. To say is one thing; to do is quite another.
说是一回事，做完全是另一回事。
660. A word in season is most precious.
及时一言最可贵。
661. A word in time is worth two afterwards.
及时一句抵得上事后两句。
662. Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.
无益的雄辩犹如柏树，虽然树干高大却不结果。
663. Bare words, no bargain.
空谈难以成交易。
664. Fair words fill not the belly.
665. Fair words will not fill the belly.
666. The belly is not filled with fair words.
甜言美语填不饱肚皮。
甜言美语无济于事。
667. Fair words will not make the pot play.
甜言美语难使壶水开。
甜言美语无济于事。
668. Soft words are hard arguments.
婉言更具说服力。
669. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
空谈不如实践。
布丁好坏，一偿便知。
670. Talk much, and err much.
言多必失。
671. A close mouth catches no flies.
672. Into a shut mouth flies fly not.
紧闭嘴唇，苍蝇难进。
口风紧，不招祸。
673. The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
674. Great talkers are little doers.
夸夸其谈之人总是行动最少之人。
675. A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.
舌头长是手短的标志。
说话多必然做得少。
676. All truth is not always to be told.
677. All truth is not to be told at all times.
678. All truths are not (always) to be told.
并不是在任何情况下都可以说真话的。
见人只说三分话，不可全抛一片心。
679. Many a one says well that thinks ill.
不少人是口是心非。
680. A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光有空谈而无行动之人，犹如杂草丛生的果园。
681. Our own actions are our security, not others’ judgement.
我们的行为是自己为人的明证，不需要别人评判。
682. A man is not good or bad for one action.
一次行为难以判断一个人的好坏。
683. A kind word is never lost.
善言长存。
好话一句三冬暖。
684. A soft answer turns [turneth] away wrath.
温和的回答可以平息怒气。
685. People are more convinced by words than by blows.
言语比棍棒更能说服人。
686. A good tongue is a good weapon.
口齿伶俐，是件利器。
687. The tongue is not made of steel, yet it cuts.
舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。
688. Sometimes words hurt more than swords.
言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。
689. A word is no arrow, but it can pierce the heart.
言语虽非箭，却能刺人心。
恶言恶语伤人心。
690. Many words cut [hurt] more than swords.
众口伤人，胜似刀剑。
691. Words cut [hurt] more than swords.
言语伤人胜利剑。
692. The tongue breaks bone, though itself has none.
舌上无骨，却可碎骨。
人言可畏。
693. The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
舌头非钢，却能把人伤。
694. Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.
695. Fair words and foul deeds cheat wise men as well as fools.
美言与恶行同样会欺骗聪明人和愚人。
696. Do as you would be done by.
你愿别人怎样对待你，你就应该怎样对待别人。
己所不欲，勿施于人。
697. Fine words dress ill deeds.
华丽的言词会装饰恶劣的行为。
698. No word can be the disguise of base intentions.
言词掩盖不了卑鄙的意图。
699. Ill deeds cannot honour.
恶行败坏名声。
11．法律?公正
700. New lords [kings], new laws.
新君立新法。
701. Many lords, many laws.
君王多，法律多。
头头多，规矩多。
702. Many lords, many laws; much law, little justice.
君王多，法律多；法律多，公道少。
703. Laws go as kings like.
法随王所欲。
朕即法律。
704. What the king wills, that the law wills.
王之所欲，法之所愿。
法随王所欲。
705. The law is not the same at morning and at night.
朝令夕改。
706. Justice has a long arm
707. Justice has long arms.
708. God’s mill grinds slow but sure.
709. Heaven’s vengeance is slow but sure.
710. The mills of God grind slowly.
711. Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
712. The greater the crime, the higher the gallows.
罪恶越大，绞刑架越高。
罪恶越大，治罪越重。
713. Law makers should not be law breakers.
立法者不应违法。
714. Ignorance of the law excuses no man [one].
715. Ignorance of the law is no excuse of breaking it.
不懂法不能成为任何人犯法的借口。
716. Wrong laws make short governance.
不健全的法律统治时间不会长。
717. Where drums beat, laws are silent.
战鼓一响，法律无声。
718. Laws catch flies and let hornets go free.
法网捕苍蝇，黄蜂由它去。
719. Law are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
法律如蛛网，捉得小苍蝇，黄蜂破网出。
720. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
大贼脱身去，小贼被吊死。
721. One law for the rich, and another for the poor.
对富人一套法律，对穷人却另一套法律。
722. Law is a bottomless pit.
法律是无底的深渊。
723. Every law has a loophole.
法律皆有漏洞。
724. Hard cases make bad law.
棘手的案件使法律无能无力。
725. An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.
法官应公正，重法不重人。
726. That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.
法官动感情，审判难公正。
727. A good lawyer, an evil neighbour.
好律师不是好邻居。
728. An old physician, and a young lawyer.
医生年老的好，律师年轻的好。
729. Force can never destroy right.
暴力决不能摧毁正义。
730. Justice must be done even if the sky falls.
天塌下来也得主持正义。
12．强权?战争
731. Might is right.
强权即公理。
732. Might overcomes right.
强权也会战胜公理。
733. The great fish eat up the small.
734. Big fish eat little fish.
大鱼吃小鱼。
弱肉强食。
735. The longest pole knocks the most persimmons.
最长的杆子打的柿子最多。
强者常胜。
736. Providence is always on the side of the big [strongest] battalions.
上帝总是站在强者一边。
737. Kings have long arms [hands].
国王手臂及四海。
百姓强不过官家。
738. It is hard to sit in Rome and strive against the Pope.
739. It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.
身在罗马城，难与教皇争。
胳膊扭不过大腿。
740. It is the man behind the gun that tells.
手中握枪才有说话权。
741. War is death’s feast.
战争是死亡的宴席。
742. War is the sport of kings.
战争是帝王们的游戏。
743. War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.
战争造成盗贼，和平将其吊死。
744. When war begins, then hell openeth.
战争一开始，地狱便打开。
745. When guns speak it is too late to argue.
枪炮发言时，争辩已太迟。
746. Peace with sword in hand, ’Tis safest making.
和平时期手执剑，这样做来最保险。
有备无患。
747. If you want peace, prepare for war.
748. If you wish for peace, be prepared for war.
欲求和平，必先备战。
749. In peace prepare for war.
和平时期应备战。
750. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
备战是维护和平最有效的手段之一。
751. Weapons bode [breed] peace.
武装预兆和平。
752. Of all war(s), peace is the end.
一切战争终将以和平告终。
753. Messengers should neither be headed nor hanged.
两国相争，不斩来使。
754. When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war.
755. When Greeks joined Greeks then was the tug of war.
两雄相遇，其斗必烈。
756. Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
服从是军人的天职。
13．善良?美德
757. To be virtuous is to do good .
行善就是积德。
758. Never be weary of well doing.
不要厌倦行善。
759. One good turn deserves another.
善行应有善报。
760. He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.
成功属于以德报怨之人。
761. We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favour received.
我有德于人不应记，人有德于我不可忘。
762. If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be true.
若有人称赞，自问细掂量。
763. Virtue is the only true nobility.
万事不如美德高。
764. Virtue is her [its] own reward.
765. Virtue is to herself the best reward.
美德本身就是对美德的最好报偿。
施恩不图报。
766. Virtue is a jewel of great price.
767. Virtue is beyond price.
美德乃无价之宝。
768. Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远胜美貌。
769. Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
美德如宝石，朴素它最美。
770. Virtue never grows old.
美德永不过时。
771. Virtue and courtesy go hand in hand.
美德与礼貌携手并行。
有德便有礼貌。
772. Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.
美德和幸福是母女关系。
美德是幸福之源。
773. He that soweth virtue shall reap fame.
播种美德，收获美名。
774. Glory is the shadow of virtue.
荣誉乃美德的影子。
775. The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.
迈向美德的第一步是不作恶。
776. There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.
贫穷会毁坏美德。
777. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
唯利是图者，心中无美德。
14．勇敢?坚忍
778. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
779. The best hearts are always the bravest.
行为勇敢的人心地总是善良的。
780. No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无畏途。
781. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
只要人肯试，世上无难事。
782. The path to glory is always rugged.
荣誉之路多坎坷。
783. A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要在深水行。
英雄要有用武之地。
784. The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金，逆境炼勇士。
785. As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
试金之石可试金，金钱黄金能试人。
786. The good seaman is known in bad weather.
恶劣的天气才能识得好海员。
787. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平静的大海造就不出熟练的水手。
788. Rewards allure men to brave danger.
奖赏勉励人勇敢面对危险。
重赏之下必有勇夫。
789. The valiant never tastes of death but once.
勇士一生只有一回死。
790. He who lives near the woods is not frightened by owls.
家住林边梢，猫头鹰吓不倒。
791. Faint heart never won fair lady.
胆怯难赢美女心。
792. None but the brave deserves the fair.
英雄方可配美人。
793. You are your greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest
friend.
如果你是懦夫，你就是自己最大的敌人；但如果你是勇者，你就是自己最好的朋友。
794. A valiant man’s look is more than a coward’s sword.
勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。
795. Scanderbeg’s sword must have Scanderbeg’s arm.
宝剑须由壮士擎。
796. A brave retreat is a brave exploit.
勇退即勇迹。
797. Nothing venture, nothing have [gain, win].
798. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
799. Nought venture, nought have [gain, win].
800. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
801. He who risks nothing, gains nothing.
不冒险就无所得。
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
802. If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
803. Little strokes fell great oaks.
804. Constant dropping wears the stone.
805. Constant dropping wears away a stone.
滴水不绝可穿石。
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
806. With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin.
有了时间和忍耐，桑叶也能变织锦。
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
807. Perseverance is the only road to success.
不屈不挠是取得成功的唯一道路。
808. Rome was not built in a day.
罗马并非一日建成。
809. Step by step the ladder is ascended.
梯子需要逐级登。
810. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.
失败十九次，到第二十次成功，这就叫坚持。
811. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人，明天也许就会重新站起来。
812. Patience is a virtue.
忍耐是一种美德。
813. Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐与努力会使人度过难关。
814. Patience is the plaster of all sores.
忍耐是一切痛苦的止痛膏。
815. Bear with evil and expect good.
忍受不幸，期盼好运。
坏事要忍，好事要等。
816. He bears misery best who hides it most.
最能掩盖自己痛苦的人是最善于忍受痛苦的人。
817. Patient men win the day.
能忍者必胜。
818. He that can have patience, can have what he will.
能忍方能遂愿。
819. He that can stay obtains.
能等待方有所获。
820. He that endures is not overcome.
能忍者不可克。
忍者常胜。
821. Let patience grow in your garden always.
