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1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
2. A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
3. A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
4. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
5. Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
6. A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。
7.Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。
8. A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
9. Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。
10. A cat may look at a king.人人平等。
11. A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
12.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。
13. Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
14. Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。
15. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
16. A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。
17. A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。
18. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
19. A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。
20. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
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21. Creep before you walk.循序渐进。
22. A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。
23. Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
24.Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。
25. A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
26. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。
27. Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
28. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。
29. A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
30. A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。
31. Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。
32. A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
33. Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。
34. Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。
35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
36.Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。
37. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
38. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。
39. A light heart lives long.静以修身。
40. A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。
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41. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。
42. Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
43.Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
44. All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。
45. All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。
46. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
47.Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。
48. Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。
49. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。
50. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
51. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。
52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。
53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。
55. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
56. Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。
57. Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
58. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。
59. A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。
60. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。
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61. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
62. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
63. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。
64. Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己，天诛地灭。
65. An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。
66. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。
67.Every man has his faults.金无足赤
68. As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
69. A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
70. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。
71. A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
72. Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
73. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
74. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
75. A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。
76. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。
77. A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。
78. A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
79. Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
80. Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。
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81. Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
82. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
83. Even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟，明算账。
84. Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。
85. Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责，等于没人负责。
86. Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。
87. Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
88.Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
89. Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。
90. Business is business.公事公办。
91. Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。
92. By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polishit.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
93. Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。
94. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
95. Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。
96.Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。
97. Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。
98. Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。
99. Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨
100.Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。
