50 Proverbs
1. Well begun is half done.好的开始是成功的一半。 2. It’s the first step that costs. 万事开头难。 3. Time works wonder. 时间创造奇迹。 4. Time tries truth. 时间检验真理。
5. Time is the best healer. 时间是治愈创伤的良药。 6. Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。 7. Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。
8. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 9. No man is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。 10. As you give, so you receive. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
As you treat me, so I should treat you. 以牙还牙。 As his father is, so is his son. 有其父必有其子。
11. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 世上无难事，
只怕有心人。
12. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
13. One careless move loses the whole game. 一招不慎满
盘皆输。
14. There is no royal road to leaning. 学无捷径。 15. All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。16. An inch of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. 一
寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。
17. One misfortune rises upon another’s back. 祸不单行。 18. Laughter is the best medicine. 笑是良药。
19. Smile a happy smile and one will be ten years younger.
笑一笑，十年少。
20. He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后笑得最甜。 21. An hour in morning is worth two the evening. 一日之计
在于晨。
22. There is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
23. A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。 24. Idleness is the roof of all evil. 懒惰乃万恶之源。 25. As you brew, so you must drink. 自作自受。
26. With time and patience, the leaf of mulberry becomes
stain. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
27. Never trouble troubletill trouble troubles you. 别自找麻
烦。
28. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
29. One can not make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 巧妇
难为无米之炊。
30. Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴焉得虎子。 31. Never offer to teach fish to swim. 别班门弄斧。 32. Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。
33. As you make your bed so you must lie. 自作自受。 34. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it
up. 水能覆舟，亦能载舟。
35. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。
36. There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。 37. Penny and penny laid up will be many. 积少成多。 38. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水穿石。 39. It takes two hands to clap. 一个巴掌拍不响。 40. Facts speak louder than word. 事实胜于雄辩。The truth
is stronger than fiction.
41. Don’t put your finger in the pie. 多此一举。 42. No pains, no gains. 一分耕耘，一分收获。 43. He who hesitates is lost.当断不断，反受其乱。
44. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成。 45. Soft fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出细活。
46. Fish begins to stink at the head. 上梁不正下梁歪。 47. Like attracts like. 物以类聚。
Like cures like.以毒攻毒。
48. No sweet without sweat. 先苦后甜/没有汗水，没有收
获。
49. It’s a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯（事必有转
机）。
50. A rolling stone gathers no mass.滚石不生苔，转行不聚
财。
51. All that you do, do with your might.不论做什么，都要
竭尽全力。
