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1. Time flies.
時光易逝。
2. Time is money.
一寸光陰一寸金。
3. Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月無情；歲月易逝；歲月不待人。
4. Time tries all.
時間檢驗一切。
5. Time tries truth.
時間檢驗真理。
6. Time past cannot be called back again.
光陰一去不復返。
7. All time is no time when it is past.
光陰一去不復返。
8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
昨日不復來。
9. Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依賴明天。
10.One today is worth two tomorrows.
一個今天勝似兩個明天。
11.The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常；朝陽不能光照全日。
12.Christmas comes but once a year.
聖誕一年只一度。
13.Pleasant hours fly past.
快樂時光去如飛。
14.Happiness takes no account of time.
歡娛不惜時光逝。
15.Time tames the strongest grief.
時間能緩和極度的悲痛。
16.The day is short but the work is much.
工作多，光陰迫。
17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事須今日畢，切勿拖延到明天。
18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事，今天就去做。
19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.
事事及時做，一日勝三日。
20.To save time is to lengthen life.
節省時間就是延長生命。
21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
萬物皆有時，時來不可失。
22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
時來必須要趁時，不然時去無聲息。
23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
機不可失，時不再來；機會一過，永不再來。
24.Make hay while the sun shines.
曬草要趁太陽好。
25.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻礙多。
27.Punctuality is the soul of business.
守時為立業之要素。
28.Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是時間的大敵；拖延就是浪費時間。
29.Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮漲必有潮落時。
30.Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知識可羨，勝於財富。
32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知識勝過金銀，
33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有錢。
34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
懷疑是知識之鑰。
36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知識，須從勤苦得。
37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
淺學誤人。
38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
少量的常識，當得大量的學問。
39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知識只能循序漸進，不能躍進。
40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
從旁人的愚行中學到聰明。
41.It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前車可鑑。
42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知識之於精神，一如健康之於肉體。
43.Experience is the best teacher.
經驗是最好的教師。
44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
45.Dexterity comes by experience.
熟練來自經驗。
46.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
47.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
經驗學校學費高，愚人旁處學不到。
48. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。
49.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由經驗而得的智慧，勝於學習而得的智慧；一次親
身的體會，勝過兩次的教師教導。
50.Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見。
51.Business is the salt of life.
事業是生命之鹽。
52.Business before pleasure.
事業在先，享樂在後。
53.Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事業可以考驗人，也可以造就人。
54.Business neglected is business lost.
忽視職業便是放棄職業。
55.Never think yourself above business.
勿自視過高；不要眼高手低；永遠不要認為自己是大
才小用。
56.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.
事業雖擾人，懶惰害更大。
57.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
58.Do business,but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
59.Everybody's business is nobody's business.
眾人的事就是無人過問的事。
60.Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
61.Better master one than engage with ten.
會十事，不如精一事。
62.A work ill done must be twice done.
首次做不好，必須重新搞。
63.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
不能如願而行，也須盡力而為。
64.If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
想把事情來做好，就得親自動手搞。
65.He that doth most at once doth least.
什麼都想一次做完，結果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不
爛。
66.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
照大多數人那樣幹，人們會把你稱讚。
67.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
在任何時候都可做的事情，總是在任何時候都不
做的事情。
68.Better late than never.
遲做總比不做好。
69.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
70.The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最簡短的回答就是一個「干」字。
71.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行動是知識之佳果。
72.Finished labours are pleasant.
完成工作是一樂。
73.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。
74.It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都應用得其所。
75.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.
按部就班，事情很快就做完。
76.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。
77.Work bears witness who does well.
工作能證明誰做的好。
78.It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。
79.He that will not work shall not eat.
不工作者不得食。
80.Business is business.
公事公辦。
81.Deliberate slowly,執行 promptly.
慢慢酌量，快快行動。
82.Put your shoulder to the wheel.
努力工作。
83.Never do things by halves.
做事不要半途而廢。
84.In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一開頭，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
85.Many hands make quick work.
人多干活快。
86.Many hands make light work.
眾擎易舉。
87.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
技術拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
88.Diligence is the mohter of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
89.Idleness is the root of all evil.
懶惰乃萬惡之源。
90.Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮帶來好運。
91.Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好運之母。
92.Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。
93.Idleness is the key of beggary.
懶惰出乞丐。
94.No root,no fruit.
無根就無果。
95.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懶人做工作，越懶越費力。
96.Sloth is the key of poverty.
惰能致貧。
97.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。
98.An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。
99.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.
節儉是致富的秘訣。
100. An idle youth,a needy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
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1. Waste not,want not.
儉以防匱。
2. From saving comes having.
富有來自節儉。
3. A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文是一文。
4. Take care of the pence and the pound
will take care of themselves.
金錢積少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone.
節儉本身就是一宗財產。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.
小錢不知節省，大錢將濫花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth.
積小利，成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
積少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
試金之石可試金，正如黃金能試人。
10.Courage and resolution are the spirit
and soul of virtue.
勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
11.The path to glory is always rugged.
光榮之路常坎坷。
12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要人肯試。
13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
烈火試真金，困苦煉壯士。
14.Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望造就偉大的人物。
15.No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前無險路。
16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平靜的大海決不能造就出熟練的水手。
17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
壞天氣下才能識得出良好的海員；要識好海員，須憑
壞天氣。
18.The best hearts are always the bravest.
行為最勇敢的人心地總是最善良。
19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
求神不如求己。
20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人也許明天就會站起。
21.Rome was not built in a day.
羅馬並非一日可建成；堅持必成。
22.Success belongs to the persevering.
勝利屬於堅忍不拔的人。
23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that
perseverance is the only road to success.我們要多次重申：不屈不撓是取得勝利的唯一道
路。
24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times
and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失敗，到第二十次獲得成功，這就叫堅持。
25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐級登。
26.Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛。
27.Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和專心會使我們度過難關。
28.Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.
做事只要有耐心，到頭總會有好運；耐心候好運，好
運常會來。
29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要肯等待，一切都會按時來。
30.Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不絕可穿石。
31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
雞蛋不打破，蛋捲做不成；不甘願吃苦，則預期效果
達不到。
32.The world is a ladder for some to go up
and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。
33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand
the mystery of the world『s trade.
要知世事奧秘多，須要長期作學徒。
34.Life is sweet.
生活是可愛的；人無不好生(惡死)。
35.Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息，希望長在。
36.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生並不全是吃喝玩樂。
37.Much water runs by the mill that
the miller knows not of.
眼前發生許多事，有些我們並不知。
38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man『s door.
人人都有走運的一天。
39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;
if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.
運氣太好，見人不睬；運氣太壞，無人理會。
40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每一個人都是自身幸福的建築師。
41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
記得年輕時所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
禍不單行。
43.Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教師。
44.Misfortunes come at night.
禍常生於不測。
45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
惡運臨頭後，才知幸運貴。
46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
患難能使人聰明，但不能使人富有。
47.Live and learn.
活到老，學到老。
48.It is never too old to learn.
為學不怕年高。
49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要長學問，就得多問；多問則業精。
50.There is no royal road to learning.
學問無坦途。
51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
畏問之人恥於學。
52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
嬰孩時期學到的東西，老死不會忘記。
53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。
54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
學得快，忘得快。
55.Learn young,learn fair.
為學趁年青，既學須學好。
56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.
少時懶惰老來苦。
57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.
無知即無疑。
58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
良好的名聲在黑暗中也能閃閃發光。
59.Fame is a magnifying glass.
名譽是放大鏡。
60.A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝於美貌。
61.Fame like a river is narrowest at its
source and broadest afar off.
名譽如河流，發源處最狹，愈遠愈寬廣。
62.Take honour from me and my life is done.
沒有名譽，就沒有了生命。
63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要謹防不重名譽的人。
64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光榮的死勝於羞辱的生。
65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
66.Reputation is often got without merit
and lost without fault.
無功得名是常事，無過失名也是常事。
67.Your father『s honour is to you
but a second－hand honour.
對於你來說，父親的榮譽只是間接的榮譽。
68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.
自己該做的事，決不要委託給旁人做。
69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,
and to trust nobody.
信任一切與不信任任何人，同樣是弱點。
70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.
在你信任一個人之前，先要深入瞭解他。
71.If you trust before you try,
you may repent before you die.
不經考驗就依賴，不到瞑目便的悔。
72.Never trust to fine words.
切勿輕信漂亮話。
73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
細線掛重物，終究不可靠。
74.Be just to all,but trust not all.
要對一切人都公正，但不要對一切人都信任。
75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己，旁人才不出賣你。
76.Self－trust is the essence of heroism.
自信為英雄品質之本。
77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
信任是一種生長緩慢的植物。
78.Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是時間的女兒。
79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.
真理面目善良；但衣衫襤褸。
80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.
真理可能會被責難，但絕不會受羞辱。
82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.
惡意可以糟蹋真理；但無法消滅真理。
83.Truth will prevail.
真理必勝。
84.Truth『s best ornament is nakedness.
不加掩飾乃是真理的最好裝飾。
85.Facts are stubborn things.
事實是最頑強的東西。
86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.
真相遲早會大白。
87.The truths we least like to hear are those
which it is most to our advantage to know.
我們最不願意聽到的事實，往往是我們知道了會
大有好處的事實。
88.Falsehood like a nettle stings those
who meddle with it.
謊言似蕁麻，玩弄會刺手。
89.There is many a fair thing full false.
有許多說得好聽的東西充滿了謬誤。
90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.
謊言裝扮雖不錯，到頭總會被揭露。
91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.
謊言生謊言，謊言世代傳。
92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
假舌不會吐真言。
93.False with one can be false with two.
對一個人虛假，也會對兩個人虛假。
94.He that will lie will steal.
會說謊的人也就會偷竊。
95.Gossiping and lying go together.
流言常和謊話並行。
96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其詞是謊話的近親。
97.A great talker is a great liar.
最會誇誇其談的人也最會說謊。
98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
最愛自吹自擂的人是最大的說謊者。
99.Lying rides upon debt『s back.
負債的人謊話多。
100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.
說謊是上斷頭台的第一步。
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1. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
隱惡敗善；原諒壞人即是傷害好人。
2. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.
重傷可治，惡名難去。
3. Evil communications corrupt good manners.
不良的交往敗壞良好的舉止。
4. No wrong without remedy.
有過皆可補。
5. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
唯利是圖者，胸中無美德。
6. First think,and then speak.
動口先動腦。
7. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled).
一言既出，駟馬難追。
8. While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when 『tis once spoken, 『tis another『s.
話在嘴裡，屬於自己；話一出口，人家所有。
9. Speech is silver,silence is gold.
言語是銀，沉默是金。
10.Few words are best.
寡言為貴。
11.No wisdom like silence.
聰明莫過沉默。
12.Least said,soonest mended.
少說為妙。
13.Second thoughts are best.
再思而後行。
14.Look before you leap.
慎思而後行。
15.He is a wise man who speaks little.
智多言語少。
16.Fair words butter no parsnips.
美言無補實際。
17.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.
舌頭不是鋼，一動把人傷。
18.Sometimes words hurt more than swords.
言語能傷人，有時勝刀劍。
19.A good tongue is a good weapon.
口齒伶俐，是件利器。
20.A wise head makes a close mouth.
頭腦靈，嘴巴緊。
21.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
說得多是一回事，講得中肯又是一回事。
22.Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit.
無益的雄辯猶如高大的柏樹，不會結果。
23.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
與其說話不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。
24.Many a true word is spoken in jest.
笑語之中吐真言。
25.Few words,many deeds.
少說話，多做事。
26.Actions speak louder than words.
行動比言語響亮；百說不如一干。
27.From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之間，大有距離。
28.Deeds,not words.
要行動，不要言詞。
29.Bare words,no bargain.
空言不能成交易。
30.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.
行動是果實，言語只是葉子。
31.Ill deeds cannot honour.
壞行為不受尊敬。
32.Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言詞裝飾著惡劣的行為。
33.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.
動聽的話和壞行為同樣欺騙聰明和愚人。
34.Our own actions are our security,not others『 judgements.
我們的行為是自己的保證，並不是旁人的鑑定。
35.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
空有言語而無行動的人，猶如雜草叢生的花園。
36.A man is not good or bad for one action.
不能憑一件事判斷人的好壞。
37.A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
易於許諾的人也易於忘記。
38.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.
人不守信，無異於叫旁人對他失信。
39.Easier said than done.
說易行難。
40.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
大言不慚的總是行動最少的人。
41.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
布丁好壞，一嘗便知；空談不如實踐。
42.Pride goes before a fall.
驕者必敗。
43.Pride goes before destruction.
驕者必敗。
44.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.
驕傲走在前，羞恥跟在後。
45.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.
傲慢和溫雅，永難住一處。
46.He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得高，跌得重。
47.Pride must be pinched.
驕傲應收斂。
48.The more noble the more humble.
越高貴，越應謙遜。
49.Humility often gains more than pride.
謙遜常比傲慢受益更多。
50.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.
自命萬事通，腹中常空空。
51.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.
人並不因為他自知很差就是很差。
52.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
驕傲可能會潛藏在穿舊的斗篷下。
53.It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.
用慷慨激昂的言語攻擊傲慢並不是謙遜的標誌。
54.He that is full of himself is very empty.
自滿之人腹內空。
55.Honesty is the best policy.
誠實為上策。
56.An honest man『s word is as good as his bond.
誠實人的諾言實際上就是他的保證書。
57.Poor but honest.
雖貧窮，要誠實。
58.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth.
高價買誠實，永遠也值得。
59.Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.
欺詐可能有用，誠實卻是上策。
60.Every man has his weak side.
人人都有自己的弱點。
61.He who has no shame has no conscience.
不知羞恥的人不知自疚。
62.An honest look covereth many faults.
一副誠實的外表掩蓋著許多缺點。
63.Once a knave,ever a knave.
一次成無賴，永遠是無賴。
64.A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的無賴不需要有中間人。
65.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
正當得到的一分錢勝於偷來的一元錢。
66.One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
合法取得的一辨士，勝於非法取得的一千辨士。
67.The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.
不正當得來的辨士使正當得來的英鎊也受到玷汙。
68.Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
69.Love is without reason.
愛情無理智。
70.Love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿了煩惱。
71.Love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強迫。
72.Love begets love.
愛愛相生。
73.Love needs no teaching.
愛情不需教導。
74.Love at first sight.
一見傾心。
75.Love asks faith,and faith firmness.
愛情要求信任，信任要求堅定。
76.Love is the touchstone of virtue.
愛情是美德的試金石。
77.Love not at the first look.
不要一見鍾情。
78.Hasty love,soon cold.
愛得匆忙冷得快。
79.Love is a sweet torment.
愛情是一種甜蜜的痛苦。
80.Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
愛情的王國不用刀劍來統治。
81.Love will find out the way.
愛情自會尋出路。
82.Love is not to be found in the market.
愛情在市場上找不到。
83.Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks.
情侶靠愛情生活，正像雲雀靠韭蔥生活一樣。
84.Old love will not be forgotten.
舊情永難忘；往日的愛情難以忘懷。
85.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need.
患難顯真情。
86.Sound love is not soon forgotten.
堅固的愛情不會頃刻忘懷。
87.The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
最大的恨來自最大的愛。
88.No love is foul,nor prison fair.
沒有骯髒的愛情，也沒有美麗的監獄。
89.Labour is lihgt where love doth pay.
愛情付報酬，勞苦也輕鬆。
90.Love is the reward of love.
愛就是愛的報酬。
91.Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
愛情把一切冷酷之心變成溫柔。
92.When love puts in,friendship is gone.
愛情進入，友情完結。
93.The course of true love never did run smooth.
真愛的道路絕不平坦。
94.Love is a sweet tyranny,because the lover endures his torment willingly.
愛情是可愛的虐政，情人們甘受它痛苦的折磨。
95.True love is giving,not taking.
真摯的愛是給，不是取。
96.Love makes obedience easy.
愛情使順從成為易事。
97.Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end.
愛情先甜後來酸。
98.Where love fails,we espy all faults.
愛情一失敗，一切毛病都發現。
99.Follow love and it will flee,flee love and it will follow thee.
追求愛情它高飛，逃避愛情它跟隨。
100. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
沒有知識的熱心，猶如有火而無光。
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1. Money is the root of evil.
金錢是罪惡的根源。
2. Money makes the mare go.
有錢能使鬼推磨。
3. All things are obedient to money.
一切事物都服從於金錢。
4. Before gold,even kings take off their hats.
在黃金面前，國王也要脫帽。
5. Money is the key that opens all doors.
金錢是打開一切門戶的鑰匙。
6. Beauty is potent,but money is more potent.
美貌固有力，金錢力更大。
7. Avarice increases with wealth.
越有錢，越貪錢。
8. The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守財奴積財，對自己毫無好處。
9. What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy?
財富如帶憂鬱來，有了財富有何用？。
10.Gold will not buy anything.
黃金不能買盡一切。
11.The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人的主要目的並不是賺錢。
12.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
相信金錢萬能的人，往往會一切為了金錢。
13.Wealth makes worship.
財富能使人拜倒。
14.Little wealth,little care.
財富少，煩惱也少。
15.A moneyless man goes fast through the market.
身上無錢過市快。
16.Poverty is not a crime.
貧非罪。
17.Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.
貧窮不可恥，偷竊乃足羞。
18.Better be poor than wicked.
寧可做窮人，不可做壞人。
19.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without resolution to
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時光易逝。
2. Time is money.
一寸光陰一寸金。
3. Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月無情；歲月易逝；歲月不待人。
4. Time tries all.
時間檢驗一切。
5. Time tries truth.
時間檢驗真理。
6. Time past cannot be called back again.
光陰一去不復返。
7. All time is no time when it is past.
光陰一去不復返。
8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
昨日不復來。
9. Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依賴明天。
10.One today is worth two tomorrows.
一個今天勝似兩個明天。
11.The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常；朝陽不能光照全日。
12.Christmas comes but once a year.
聖誕一年只一度。
13.Pleasant hours fly past.
快樂時光去如飛。
14.Happiness takes no account of time.
歡娛不惜時光逝。
15.Time tames the strongest grief.
時間能緩和極度的悲痛。
16.The day is short but the work is much.
工作多，光陰迫。
17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事須今日畢，切勿拖延到明天。
18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事，今天就去做。
19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.
事事及時做，一日勝三日。
20.To save time is to lengthen life.
節省時間就是延長生命。
21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
萬物皆有時，時來不可失。
22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
時來必須要趁時，不然時去無聲息。
23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
機不可失，時不再來；機會一過，永不再來。
24.Make hay while the sun shines.
曬草要趁太陽好。
25.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻礙多。
27.Punctuality is the soul of business.
守時為立業之要素。
28.Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是時間的大敵；拖延就是浪費時間。
29.Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮漲必有潮落時。
30.Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知識可羨，勝於財富。
32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知識勝過金銀，
33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有錢。
34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
懷疑是知識之鑰。
36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知識，須從勤苦得。
37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
淺學誤人。
38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
少量的常識，當得大量的學問。
39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知識只能循序漸進，不能躍進。
40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
從旁人的愚行中學到聰明。
41.It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前車可鑑。
42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知識之於精神，一如健康之於肉體。
43.Experience is the best teacher.
經驗是最好的教師。
44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
45.Dexterity comes by experience.
熟練來自經驗。
46.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
47.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
經驗學校學費高，愚人旁處學不到。
48. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。
49.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由經驗而得的智慧，勝於學習而得的智慧；一次親
身的體會，勝過兩次的教師教導。
50.Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見。
51.Business is the salt of life.
事業是生命之鹽。
52.Business before pleasure.
事業在先，享樂在後。
53.Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事業可以考驗人，也可以造就人。
54.Business neglected is business lost.
忽視職業便是放棄職業。
55.Never think yourself above business.
勿自視過高；不要眼高手低；永遠不要認為自己是大
才小用。
56.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.
事業雖擾人，懶惰害更大。
57.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
58.Do business,but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
59.Everybody's business is nobody's business.
眾人的事就是無人過問的事。
60.Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
61.Better master one than engage with ten.
會十事，不如精一事。
62.A work ill done must be twice done.
首次做不好，必須重新搞。
63.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
不能如願而行，也須盡力而為。
64.If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
想把事情來做好，就得親自動手搞。
65.He that doth most at once doth least.
什麼都想一次做完，結果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不
爛。
66.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
照大多數人那樣幹，人們會把你稱讚。
67.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
在任何時候都可做的事情，總是在任何時候都不
做的事情。
68.Better late than never.
遲做總比不做好。
69.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
70.The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最簡短的回答就是一個「干」字。
71.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行動是知識之佳果。
72.Finished labours are pleasant.
完成工作是一樂。
73.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。
74.It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都應用得其所。
75.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.
按部就班，事情很快就做完。
76.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。
77.Work bears witness who does well.
工作能證明誰做的好。
78.It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。
79.He that will not work shall not eat.
不工作者不得食。
80.Business is business.
公事公辦。
81.Deliberate slowly,執行 promptly.
慢慢酌量，快快行動。
82.Put your shoulder to the wheel.
努力工作。
83.Never do things by halves.
做事不要半途而廢。
84.In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一開頭，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
85.Many hands make quick work.
人多干活快。
86.Many hands make light work.
眾擎易舉。
87.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
技術拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
88.Diligence is the mohter of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
89.Idleness is the root of all evil.
懶惰乃萬惡之源。
90.Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮帶來好運。
91.Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好運之母。
92.Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。
93.Idleness is the key of beggary.
懶惰出乞丐。
94.No root,no fruit.
無根就無果。
95.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懶人做工作，越懶越費力。
96.Sloth is the key of poverty.
惰能致貧。
97.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。
98.An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。
99.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.
節儉是致富的秘訣。
100. An idle youth,a needy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
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1. Waste not,want not.
儉以防匱。
2. From saving comes having.
富有來自節儉。
3. A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文是一文。
4. Take care of the pence and the pound
will take care of themselves.
金錢積少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone.
節儉本身就是一宗財產。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.
小錢不知節省，大錢將濫花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth.
積小利，成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
積少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
試金之石可試金，正如黃金能試人。
10.Courage and resolution are the spirit
and soul of virtue.
勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
11.The path to glory is always rugged.
光榮之路常坎坷。
12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要人肯試。
13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
烈火試真金，困苦煉壯士。
14.Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望造就偉大的人物。
15.No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前無險路。
16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平靜的大海決不能造就出熟練的水手。
17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
壞天氣下才能識得出良好的海員；要識好海員，須憑
壞天氣。
18.The best hearts are always the bravest.
行為最勇敢的人心地總是最善良。
19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
求神不如求己。
20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人也許明天就會站起。
21.Rome was not built in a day.
羅馬並非一日可建成；堅持必成。
22.Success belongs to the persevering.
勝利屬於堅忍不拔的人。
23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that
perseverance is the only road to success.我們要多次重申：不屈不撓是取得勝利的唯一道
路。
24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times
and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失敗，到第二十次獲得成功，這就叫堅持。
25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐級登。
26.Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛。
27.Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和專心會使我們度過難關。
28.Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.
做事只要有耐心，到頭總會有好運；耐心候好運，好
運常會來。
29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要肯等待，一切都會按時來。
30.Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不絕可穿石。
31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
雞蛋不打破，蛋捲做不成；不甘願吃苦，則預期效果
達不到。
32.The world is a ladder for some to go up
and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。
33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand
the mystery of the world『s trade.
要知世事奧秘多，須要長期作學徒。
34.Life is sweet.
生活是可愛的；人無不好生(惡死)。
35.Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息，希望長在。
36.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生並不全是吃喝玩樂。
37.Much water runs by the mill that
the miller knows not of.
眼前發生許多事，有些我們並不知。
38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man『s door.
人人都有走運的一天。
39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;
if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.
運氣太好，見人不睬；運氣太壞，無人理會。
40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每一個人都是自身幸福的建築師。
41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
記得年輕時所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
禍不單行。
43.Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教師。
44.Misfortunes come at night.
禍常生於不測。
45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
惡運臨頭後，才知幸運貴。
46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
患難能使人聰明，但不能使人富有。
47.Live and learn.
活到老，學到老。
48.It is never too old to learn.
為學不怕年高。
49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要長學問，就得多問；多問則業精。
50.There is no royal road to learning.
學問無坦途。
51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
畏問之人恥於學。
52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
嬰孩時期學到的東西，老死不會忘記。
53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。
54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
學得快，忘得快。
55.Learn young,learn fair.
為學趁年青，既學須學好。
56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.
少時懶惰老來苦。
57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.
無知即無疑。
58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
良好的名聲在黑暗中也能閃閃發光。
59.Fame is a magnifying glass.
名譽是放大鏡。
60.A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝於美貌。
61.Fame like a river is narrowest at its
source and broadest afar off.
名譽如河流，發源處最狹，愈遠愈寬廣。
62.Take honour from me and my life is done.
沒有名譽，就沒有了生命。
63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要謹防不重名譽的人。
64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光榮的死勝於羞辱的生。
65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
66.Reputation is often got without merit
and lost without fault.
無功得名是常事，無過失名也是常事。
67.Your father『s honour is to you
but a second－hand honour.
對於你來說，父親的榮譽只是間接的榮譽。
68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.
自己該做的事，決不要委託給旁人做。
69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,
and to trust nobody.
信任一切與不信任任何人，同樣是弱點。
70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.
在你信任一個人之前，先要深入瞭解他。
71.If you trust before you try,
you may repent before you die.
不經考驗就依賴，不到瞑目便的悔。
72.Never trust to fine words.
切勿輕信漂亮話。
73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
細線掛重物，終究不可靠。
74.Be just to all,but trust not all.
要對一切人都公正，但不要對一切人都信任。
75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己，旁人才不出賣你。
76.Self－trust is the essence of heroism.
自信為英雄品質之本。
77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
信任是一種生長緩慢的植物。
78.Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是時間的女兒。
79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.
真理面目善良；但衣衫襤褸。
80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.
真理可能會被責難，但絕不會受羞辱。
82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.
惡意可以糟蹋真理；但無法消滅真理。
83.Truth will prevail.
真理必勝。
84.Truth『s best ornament is nakedness.
不加掩飾乃是真理的最好裝飾。
85.Facts are stubborn things.
事實是最頑強的東西。
86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.
真相遲早會大白。
87.The truths we least like to hear are those
which it is most to our advantage to know.
我們最不願意聽到的事實，往往是我們知道了會
大有好處的事實。
88.Falsehood like a nettle stings those
who meddle with it.
謊言似蕁麻，玩弄會刺手。
89.There is many a fair thing full false.
有許多說得好聽的東西充滿了謬誤。
90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.
謊言裝扮雖不錯，到頭總會被揭露。
91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.
謊言生謊言，謊言世代傳。
92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
假舌不會吐真言。
93.False with one can be false with two.
對一個人虛假，也會對兩個人虛假。
94.He that will lie will steal.
會說謊的人也就會偷竊。
95.Gossiping and lying go together.
流言常和謊話並行。
96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其詞是謊話的近親。
97.A great talker is a great liar.
最會誇誇其談的人也最會說謊。
98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
最愛自吹自擂的人是最大的說謊者。
99.Lying rides upon debt『s back.
負債的人謊話多。
100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.
說謊是上斷頭台的第一步。
(3)
1. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
隱惡敗善；原諒壞人即是傷害好人。
2. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.
重傷可治，惡名難去。
3. Evil communications corrupt good manners.
不良的交往敗壞良好的舉止。
4. No wrong without remedy.
有過皆可補。
5. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
唯利是圖者，胸中無美德。
6. First think,and then speak.
動口先動腦。
7. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled).
一言既出，駟馬難追。
8. While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when 『tis once spoken, 『tis another『s.
話在嘴裡，屬於自己；話一出口，人家所有。
9. Speech is silver,silence is gold.
言語是銀，沉默是金。
10.Few words are best.
寡言為貴。
11.No wisdom like silence.
聰明莫過沉默。
12.Least said,soonest mended.
少說為妙。
13.Second thoughts are best.
再思而後行。
14.Look before you leap.
慎思而後行。
15.He is a wise man who speaks little.
智多言語少。
16.Fair words butter no parsnips.
美言無補實際。
17.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.
舌頭不是鋼，一動把人傷。
18.Sometimes words hurt more than swords.
言語能傷人，有時勝刀劍。
19.A good tongue is a good weapon.
口齒伶俐，是件利器。
20.A wise head makes a close mouth.
頭腦靈，嘴巴緊。
21.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
說得多是一回事，講得中肯又是一回事。
22.Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit.
無益的雄辯猶如高大的柏樹，不會結果。
23.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
與其說話不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。
24.Many a true word is spoken in jest.
笑語之中吐真言。
25.Few words,many deeds.
少說話，多做事。
26.Actions speak louder than words.
行動比言語響亮；百說不如一干。
27.From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之間，大有距離。
28.Deeds,not words.
要行動，不要言詞。
29.Bare words,no bargain.
空言不能成交易。
30.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.
行動是果實，言語只是葉子。
31.Ill deeds cannot honour.
壞行為不受尊敬。
32.Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言詞裝飾著惡劣的行為。
33.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.
動聽的話和壞行為同樣欺騙聰明和愚人。
34.Our own actions are our security,not others『 judgements.
我們的行為是自己的保證，並不是旁人的鑑定。
35.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
空有言語而無行動的人，猶如雜草叢生的花園。
36.A man is not good or bad for one action.
不能憑一件事判斷人的好壞。
37.A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
易於許諾的人也易於忘記。
38.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.
人不守信，無異於叫旁人對他失信。
39.Easier said than done.
說易行難。
40.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
大言不慚的總是行動最少的人。
41.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
布丁好壞，一嘗便知；空談不如實踐。
42.Pride goes before a fall.
驕者必敗。
43.Pride goes before destruction.
驕者必敗。
44.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.
驕傲走在前，羞恥跟在後。
45.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.
傲慢和溫雅，永難住一處。
46.He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得高，跌得重。
47.Pride must be pinched.
驕傲應收斂。
48.The more noble the more humble.
越高貴，越應謙遜。
49.Humility often gains more than pride.
謙遜常比傲慢受益更多。
50.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.
自命萬事通，腹中常空空。
51.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.
人並不因為他自知很差就是很差。
52.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
驕傲可能會潛藏在穿舊的斗篷下。
53.It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.
用慷慨激昂的言語攻擊傲慢並不是謙遜的標誌。
54.He that is full of himself is very empty.
自滿之人腹內空。
55.Honesty is the best policy.
誠實為上策。
56.An honest man『s word is as good as his bond.
誠實人的諾言實際上就是他的保證書。
57.Poor but honest.
雖貧窮，要誠實。
58.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth.
高價買誠實，永遠也值得。
59.Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.
欺詐可能有用，誠實卻是上策。
60.Every man has his weak side.
人人都有自己的弱點。
61.He who has no shame has no conscience.
不知羞恥的人不知自疚。
62.An honest look covereth many faults.
一副誠實的外表掩蓋著許多缺點。
63.Once a knave,ever a knave.
一次成無賴，永遠是無賴。
64.A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的無賴不需要有中間人。
65.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
正當得到的一分錢勝於偷來的一元錢。
66.One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
合法取得的一辨士，勝於非法取得的一千辨士。
67.The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.
不正當得來的辨士使正當得來的英鎊也受到玷汙。
68.Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
69.Love is without reason.
愛情無理智。
70.Love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿了煩惱。
71.Love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強迫。
72.Love begets love.
愛愛相生。
73.Love needs no teaching.
愛情不需教導。
74.Love at first sight.
一見傾心。
75.Love asks faith,and faith firmness.
愛情要求信任，信任要求堅定。
76.Love is the touchstone of virtue.
愛情是美德的試金石。
77.Love not at the first look.
不要一見鍾情。
78.Hasty love,soon cold.
愛得匆忙冷得快。
79.Love is a sweet torment.
愛情是一種甜蜜的痛苦。
80.Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
愛情的王國不用刀劍來統治。
81.Love will find out the way.
愛情自會尋出路。
82.Love is not to be found in the market.
愛情在市場上找不到。
83.Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks.
情侶靠愛情生活，正像雲雀靠韭蔥生活一樣。
84.Old love will not be forgotten.
舊情永難忘；往日的愛情難以忘懷。
85.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need.
患難顯真情。
86.Sound love is not soon forgotten.
堅固的愛情不會頃刻忘懷。
87.The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
最大的恨來自最大的愛。
88.No love is foul,nor prison fair.
沒有骯髒的愛情，也沒有美麗的監獄。
89.Labour is lihgt where love doth pay.
愛情付報酬，勞苦也輕鬆。
90.Love is the reward of love.
愛就是愛的報酬。
91.Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
愛情把一切冷酷之心變成溫柔。
92.When love puts in,friendship is gone.
愛情進入，友情完結。
93.The course of true love never did run smooth.
真愛的道路絕不平坦。
94.Love is a sweet tyranny,because the lover endures his torment willingly.
愛情是可愛的虐政，情人們甘受它痛苦的折磨。
95.True love is giving,not taking.
真摯的愛是給，不是取。
96.Love makes obedience easy.
愛情使順從成為易事。
97.Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end.
愛情先甜後來酸。
98.Where love fails,we espy all faults.
愛情一失敗，一切毛病都發現。
99.Follow love and it will flee,flee love and it will follow thee.
追求愛情它高飛，逃避愛情它跟隨。
100. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
沒有知識的熱心，猶如有火而無光。
(4)
1. Money is the root of evil.
金錢是罪惡的根源。
2. Money makes the mare go.
有錢能使鬼推磨。
3. All things are obedient to money.
一切事物都服從於金錢。
4. Before gold,even kings take off their hats.
在黃金面前，國王也要脫帽。
5. Money is the key that opens all doors.
金錢是打開一切門戶的鑰匙。
6. Beauty is potent,but money is more potent.
美貌固有力，金錢力更大。
7. Avarice increases with wealth.
越有錢，越貪錢。
8. The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守財奴積財，對自己毫無好處。
9. What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy?
財富如帶憂鬱來，有了財富有何用？。
10.Gold will not buy anything.
黃金不能買盡一切。
11.The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人的主要目的並不是賺錢。
12.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
相信金錢萬能的人，往往會一切為了金錢。
13.Wealth makes worship.
財富能使人拜倒。
14.Little wealth,little care.
財富少，煩惱也少。
15.A moneyless man goes fast through the market.
身上無錢過市快。
16.Poverty is not a crime.
貧非罪。
17.Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.
貧窮不可恥，偷竊乃足羞。
18.Better be poor than wicked.
寧可做窮人，不可做壞人。
19.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without resolution to
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