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50 famous English aphorisms with Chinese translation

001 The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it.

002 Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. Virtue and happiness are like mother and daughter.

003 TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. Those who do good will be remembered by everyone.

004 It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

005 'Tis easier to prevent bad hadits than to breadk them.

006 An old man in a house is a good sign.

007 Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting. Even the meanest bee

008 Beware, beware! he'll cheat'ithout scruple, who can without fear. Beware, beware! He who deceives without fear will also have nothing to fear.

009 How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them! It takes enough courage and determination to admit and correct mistakes

010 If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; if well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest. great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all. Beautiful, powerful, and rich, of no great use;1

013 Let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness, ourselves for our own. Let fathers and ancestors be respected for their good deeds, and let us be respected for our own

014 Thirst after desert, not reward.

015 If thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. If thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee.

016 If thou wouldest live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

017 Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time minght make the worst man good throughout.

018 None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error. Only the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

< p>019 If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.

020 Let thy vices die before thee. Let thy vices die before thee.

021 Act uprightly, and despise calumny. Dirt may stick to a mud wall, but not polish'd marble.

022 An honest man will receive neither money nor praise, that is not his due. An honest man will receive neither money nor praise, that is not his due. p>

023 The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure, the knave takes pleasure, and then suffers pains. The honest man first experiences pain, and then enjoys pleasure; the rogue

024 He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not. If you do something you shouldn't do, you will feel what you don't want to have.

025 The goodwill of the governed will be starv'd, if not fed by the good deeds of the governors. p>

026 The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy. The brave and the wise both have sympathy and understanding, while the cowards and fools have no mercy

027 Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.

028 Who judges best of a man, his enemies or himself? Who can best judge a man, his enemies or himself?

029 Cunning proceeds from want of capacity. Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.

030 You may be too cunning for one, but not for all. You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.

031 Clean your finger, before you point at my spots.

032 He that can bear a reproof, and mend by it, if he is not wise, is in a fair way of being so. Not far away

033 Tis hard to be poor and honest:An empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,'tis a stout one! It is not easy to be poor and honest< /p>

034 Keep conscience clear, then never fear. Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

035 When you're good to others, you are best to yourself.

036 What is serving God? 'Tis doing good to man. What is serving God? That is to do good to others.

037 A quite conscience sleeps in thunder, but rest and guilt live far adunder. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder, but rest and guilt live far adunder.

038 There is no man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.

039 A true great man will neither trample on a worm, nor sneak to an emperor.

040 Do me the favor to deny me at once.

041 You may be more happy than pinces, if you will be more virtuous. If you can do more good deeds, you will be happier than the prince.

042 Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self? There is no one who deceives you more than yourself.

043 Nothing so popular as goodness. The most popular thing is good deeds.

044 Don't misinform your doctor nor your lawyer. Don't misinform your doctor or your lawyer.

045 A good lawyer a bad neighbor.

046 The excellence of hogs is fatness, of men virtue. The excellence of pigs is fatness, of men virtue.

047 Don't throw stones at your neightbours, if your own windows are glass. If your windows are made of glass, don't throw stones at your neighbors.

048 Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming.

049 One mend-fault is worth two find-faults, but one find-fault is better than two make-faults. One mend-fault is worth two find-faults, but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.

050 The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence. The sun never regrets the good he does, nor does he ever demand a recompence.