beginning makes a bad ending. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
A bad workman always blames his tools. He can't punt a boat and the river bends.
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A bad thing never dies. A bad thing that will last forever.
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. Bragging and lying are of the same origin.
A bully is always a coward.
A burden of one’s choice is not felt. A burden of one’s choice is not too heavy.
A candle lights others and consumes itself. A candle lights others and consumes itself.
Close mouth catches no flies. Disease enters through the mouth
A cat has 9 lives. A cat has nine lives.
A cat may look at a king. Everyone is equal.
A constant guest is never welcome. A constant guest is annoying.
Actions speak louder than words Facts speak louder than words.
Adversity leads to prosperity. Poverty leads to change.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. Adversity brings out talents.
A fair death honors the whole life. A fair death honors the whole life. A fair death honors the whole life.
A faithful friend is hard to find. A faithful friend is hard to find.
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
A fox may grow gray, but never good. A country is easy to change, but its nature is hard to change.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend is easier lost than found. It is difficult to find a friend, but it is easy to lose a friend.
A friend is never known till a man has need. A friend is never known till a man has need.
A friend without faults will never be found. No one is perfect
'After you' is good manners. "Please first" is polite.
A good A good beginning is half done. A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good book is a good friend. Like a best friend.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
A good book lasts a lifetime.
A good conscience is a soft pillow. If you don’t do anything bad, you won’t be afraid of ghosts.
A good fame is better than a good face.
A good husband makes a good wife. A good husband makes a good wife.
A good medicine tastes bitter.
A good wife health is a man’s best wealth.
A good wife in good health is a man’s best wealth.
A great talker is a great liar. A great talker often lies.
A light heart lives long. Quietly cultivates oneself.
A hedge between keeps friendship green. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
A leopard cannot change its spots. Old habits die hard.
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. No one believes a liar even if he speaks the truth.
A little body often harbors a great soul. The essence is concentrated.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A little pot is soon hot. A dog’s belly cannot hold more than four ounces of oil.
All are brave when the enemy flies. When the enemy flees, everyone becomes a warrior.
All good things come to an end. There is no feast that never ends.
All rivers run into sea. The sea accommodates all rivers. All roads lead to Rome. All roads lead to Rome.
All that ends well is well. The result is good, everything is well.
All that glitters is not gold. All that glitters is not gold.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes a smart boy stupid.
A man becomes learned by asking questions. Only by asking questions without shame can one become knowledgeable.
A man can do no more than he can. Everything should be done within one's ability.
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
A man is known by his friends. Whoever makes friends.
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of thorns.
A man without money is no man at all. A penny can stump a heroic man.
A merry heart goes all the way. A happy heart goes all the way.
A miss is as good as a mile. A miss is as good as a mile.
A mother’s love never changes. Mother’s love is eternal.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A new broom sweeps clean. There are three things a new official should do when he takes office.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
An old dog cannot learn new tricks. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
An ounce of luck is worse than a pound of wisdom. Intelligence is not as good as luck.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Prevention is the first priority and treatment is the supplement.
A rolling stone gathers no moss. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and a rolling stone gathers no moss.
As a man sows, so he shall reap. Sow melons and you will reap melons; sow beans and you will reap beans.
A single flower does not make a spring. A single flower does not make a spring. A single flower does not make a spring full of flowers.
A snow year, a rich year. Auspicious snow heralds a good year.
A sound mind in a sound body. A sound mind in a sound body.
A still tongue makes a wise head. A man of few words is wise.
A stitch in time saves nine. If the small hole is not repaired, the big hole will suffer.
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
A wise head makes a close mouth. The real person does not show his appearance, and the real person does not show his appearance.
A word spoken is past recalling. Once a word is spoken, it is difficult to catch up.
A year’s plan starts with spring.
A young idler, an old beggar. A young idler, an old beggar. A young man who does not work hard will make an old man miserable.
Bad news has wings. Good things don’t go out, but bad news spread thousands of miles.
Barking dogs seldom bite. Barking dogs seldom bite.
Beauty lies in the love’s eyes. Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
Better late than never. Don’t be afraid of being slow, just be afraid of standing.
Better to ask the way than go astray. It is better to ask the way than to get lost.
Between friends all is common. Friends do not distinguish each other.
Birds of a feather flock together. Birds of a feather flock together. Birds of a feather flock together.
Blood is thicker than water. Blood is thicker than water. Blood will have blood. Blood debt must be paid with blood.
Books and friends should be few but good. Reading is like making friends, it should be few but good.
Business is business. Business is business. Cheats never prosper. Cheats never prosper.
Business is the salt of life. Business is the first need in life.
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
Care and diligence bring luck. Care and diligence can seize opportunities.
Caution is the parent of safety. Carefully sail the ship that lasts forever.
Children are what the mothers are. Influenced by ears and eyes, teaching by example and words.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Come what may, heaven won’t fall. Be yours, heaven won’t fall.
Complacency is the enemy of study. The enemy of study is your own satisfaction.
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. Content is better than riches. He who is content is always happy
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
Count one’s chickens before they are hatched. Count the chicks before the eggs are hatched.
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. It is impolite to come and not go back.
Creep before you walk. Gradually. Cry for the moon. Cry for the moon.
Custom is a second nature. Habits are acquired.
Custom makes all things easy. With good habits, everything is not difficult.
Diamond cuts diamond. The strong has its own strong hand. Do as the Romans do. Do as the Romans do.
Do as you would be done by. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.
Doing is worse than saying. Instead of talking, it is better to implement it in action.
Do it now. Don't miss the opportunity, the time will never come again. Do nothing by halves. Don't give up everything halfway.
Don’t claim to know what you don’t know. Don’t pretend to understand.
Don‘t have too many irons in the fire.
Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. Don’t make a fuss.
Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. Today’s things will be done today.
Don’t put the cart before the horse. Don’t put the cart before the horse.
Don‘t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Do well and have well. Good things come to you.
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy. Easier said than done. Easier said than done.
Easy come, easy go. Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.
Eat to live, but not live to eat. People eat to live, but live not to eat.
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. Real grinding makes no sound, but empty grinding makes a sound. A full bottle does not move and a half bottle is shaken.
Is good when new, but friends when old.
Example is better then percept. Say it once, it is better to do it again.
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
Experience must be bought. Eat a hard time and gain wisdom.
Fact speak louder than words.
Failure is the mother of success. Failure is the mother of success.
False friends are worse than bitter enemies. It is easy to hide from open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows.
Far from eye, far from heart. Out of sight, out of mind.
Far water does not put out near fire. Far water does not put out near fire.
Faults are thick where love is thin. Once love is weak, everything is unpleasant.
Fear always springs from ignorance. Fear always springs from ignorance.
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
Fire and water have no mercy. Fire and water have no mercy.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master. Fire is a double-edged sword.
First come, first served. First come, first served.
First impressions are half the battle. The first impression is the deepest.
First think and then speak. Think first and then speak.
Fools grow without watering. Rotten wood cannot be carved.
Fool’s haste is no speed. Haste makes waste.
Fools has fortune. Fools have fortune.
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
Fools learn nothing, but wise men are not ashamed to ask.
Forbidden fruit is sweet. Forbidden fruit is particularly fragrant.
Fortune favors those who use their judgment.
Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate.
Four eyes see more than two. Brainstorm ideas.
Friends agree best at distance. Friends will also keep their distance.
Friends are thieves of time. Friends are thieves of time.
Friends must part. Even the best friends sometimes break up.
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him. Many words make gold, but accumulation destroys bones.
God helps those who help themselves.
Gold will not buy anything. Gold is not everything.
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
It is common sense to repay kindness with kindness, and it is a man to repay kindness with kindness.
Good health is over wealth. Health is the greatest wealth.
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. Good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth.
Good watch prevents misfortune. Be careful to eliminate misfortune.
Great barkers are no biters. Good dogs stay out of the way.
Great hopes make great man.
Great minds think alike. Heroes think alike.
Great men have great faults. Heroes make great mistakes.
Great men’s sons seldom do well. They cannot be rich for more than three generations.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade. It’s good to enjoy the shade under the big trees.
Great wits have short memories. Noble people often forget things.
Greedy folks have long arms. Greedy folks have long arms.
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
Habit cures habit. Heart disease also needs heart medicine.
Handsome is he who does handsomely. Only beautiful behavior is beautiful.
Happiness takes no account of time. Happiness takes no account of time.
Happy is he who owes nothing. If you want to live happily, you must not be in debt.
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
Only when you learn from the misfortunes of others will you be lucky.
Harm set, harm get. Harm others and harm yourself. Hear all parties. Listen and you will understand.
Hasty love, soon cold. Love at first sight cannot last long.
Health is better than wealth. Health is better than wealth.
Health is happiness. Health is happiness.
Heaven never helps the man who will not act. If you don’t move, it’s useless to ask Heaven.
He is a fool that forgets himself. A fool forgets himself.
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
He is a good friend who speaks well of us behind our backs.
He is a wise man who speaks little. Being smart is not just talking.
He is lifeless that is faultless. Only the dead do not make mistakes.
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
Rectify others first.
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. Those who laugh at themselves will not make others laugh.
He is wise that is honest. The honest person is the wisest.
He knows most who speaks least.
He laughs best who laughs last. He laughs best who laughs last.
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
He that climbs high falls heavily.
He that will not work shall not eat. He that will not work shall not eat.
He who does not advance loses ground. Sailing against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat.
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
He who risks nothing gains nothing. Gains and risks coexist.
History repeats itself. History often repeats itself.
Honesty is the best policy. Honesty is the basis of life.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. Friends cannot be flatterers.
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
If he deceives me twice, shame on me.
If you make yourself an ass, don‘t complain if people ride you.
A good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others.
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. Kill the chicken to get the eggs.
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger cubs.
If you want knowledge, you must endure hardship for it.
Industry is the parent of success. Diligence is the mother of success.
It is better to die when life is a disgrace. It is better to die than to die.
It is easier to get money than to keep it. It is easier to make money than to keep it.
It is easy to be wise after the event. Hindsight is easy.
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. It is easy to start a business but hard to keep it.
It is hard to please all.It is never too old to learn.
It is no use crying over spilled milk.
It is the first step that costs troublesome. Everything is difficult at the beginning.
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. It is too late to regret when the chance is past.
It never rains but it pours.
It takes three generations to make a gentleman. It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to grow a man.
Jack of all trades and master of none. Proficient in all trades and master of none.
Judge not from appearances.
Justice has long arms.
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. Those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black.
Kill two birds with one stone. Kill two birds with one stone.
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for itKings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
Kings have long arms. In the whole world, there is no king.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge is power.
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
Knowledge makes people humble, ignorance makes proud. Learn and live. Live to learn.
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
Good people get better as they learn, and bad people get worse as they learn.
Learn not and know not. Let sleeping dogs lie. Don't cause trouble
Learn to walk before you run. Learn to walk before you run.
Let bygones be bygones. Let bygones be bygones.
Let the cat out of the bag. Let the secret leak. Life is but a span. Life is short.
Lies can never changes fact. Lies will always be lies.
Lies have short legs. Lies do not stand long.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
Life is not all roses. Life is not a broad road.
Life without a friend is death. Without friends, life is still death.
Like a rat in a hole. A turtle in a urn.
Like author, like book. The writing is like the person.
Like father, like son. Like father, like son