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Where there is a will, there is a way.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Well begun is half done.

A good beginning is half done.

East, west, home is best.

A golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own straw nest.

There is no royal road to learning.

There is no smooth road to learning.

Look before you leap. First think, then act.

Look before you leap.

It is never too late to mend.

It is never too late to mend the situation.

Light come, light go.

Easy come, easy go.

Time is money.

Time is money.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Great hopes make great man.

Great hopes make great men.

After a storm comes a calm.

The sky clears up after the rain.

All roads lead to Rome.

All roads lead to Rome.

Art is long, but life is short.

Life is limited, but knowledge is endless.

Stick to it, and you’ll succeed.

As long as people have perseverance, everything can be accomplished.

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, wealthy, and in good health.

A good medicine tastes bitter.

A good medicine tastes bitter.

It is good to learn at another man’s cost.

Learning from the past.

Keeping is harder than winning.

It is not easy to start a business, but even harder to keep it.

Let’s cross the bridge when we come to it.

The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge.

More haste, less speed.

Haste makes waste.

No pains, no gains.

No pains, no gains.

No pains, no gains.

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb.

Where there is life, there is hope.

Life never ends, there is hope.

An idle youth, a needy age.

If a young man does not work hard, he will be sad.

We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."

It is better to ask God than to ask yourself.

A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.

A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.

The flowers bloom again, and man is no longer young.

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

Tomorrow waits for tomorrow, and tomorrow will never come.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play makes a smart boy stupid.

Diligence is the mother of success.

Diligence is the mother of success.

Truth is the daughter of time.

Time reveals truth.

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

The accumulation of less will naturally lead to more.

No man is wise at all times.

Every time a wise man thinks, he will make a mistake.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Live and learn.

Live and learn.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Kill two birds with one stone.

It never rains but it pours.

Misfortune never comes singly.

In doing we learn.

Every experience leads to wisdom.

Easier said than done.

Easier said than done.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left hand.

Diligence is fortune’s right hand, and frugality is her left hand.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

He who laughs last laughs best.

He who laughs last laughs best.

He who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Who pays the expenses, controls it.

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

No man is born wise or learned.

No man is born wise or learned.

Action speaks louder than words.

Facts speak louder than words.

Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

Courage and resolution are the soul of virtue.

United we stand, divided we fall.

United we stand, divided we fall.

There is no smoke without fire.

There is no smoke without fire.

Many hands make light work.

Many hands make things easier.

Reading makes a full man.

Reading makes a full man.

The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.

The best horse needs to be tamed, and the smartest child needs teaching.

Learn young, learn fair.

Learn while you are young, and learn well.

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Sound in body, sound in mind.

Only with a sound body can we have a sound spirit.

Seeing is believing.

Seeing is worth hearing a hundred times.

Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.

Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Be the master of money, not its slave.

It’s hard sailing when there is no wind.

It’s hard sailing when there is no wind.

The path to glory is always rugged.

The path to glory is always rugged.

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

Quality matters more than quantity.

Quality matters more than quantity.

The on-looker sees most of the game.

The on-looker sees most of the game.

Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.

In order to seek knowledge, the price is high but it is worth it.

Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.

Joy with others is more enjoyable.

Happiness takes no account of time.

Happiness does not last long.

Time and tide waits for no man.

Time and tide waits for no man.

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.

If you want knowledge, you must work hard for it.

Learn to walk before you run.

Step by step.

Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.

Excellent in all kinds of skills but specialized in one thing.

From words to deeds is a great space.

There is a great distance between words and deeds.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Habit is a second nature.

Habit becomes nature.

Lifeless, faultless.

Only the dead do not make mistakes.

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.

A good book will always look new after thousands of years.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

A book that remains shut is but a block.

A book that is not turned over often is like a brick.

It’s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

A gentleman’s virtue is not his clothes.

Two heads are better than one.

Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang.

Birth is much, but breeding is more.

Birth is important, but education is even more important.

Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

You can’t make something out of nothing.

It’s hard to make a meal without rice.

Nothing venture, nothing have.

If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you won’t get the tiger’s cubs.

Nothing for nothing.

No effort, nothing.

Of nothing comes nothing.

Nothing comes from nothing.

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

If the words are not pertinent, it is better not to say them.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Everything goes well.

Nothing stake, nothing draw.

If you can’t withstand thousands of miles of waves, how can you get thousands of catties of fish.

Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.

Expectation is better than reality.

Nothing is given so freely as advice.

It is easiest to persuade people.

Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.

The sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortune and fortune.

Nothing seek, nothing find.

Nothing sought, nothing found.

A little of every thing is nothing in the main.

A little of every thing is nothing in the main.

A little of every thing is nothing in the main.

A great ship asks deep waters.

A great ship asks deep waters. (The dragon wants to swim in the sea.)

The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

Dr. Diet, Dr. Careful, and Dr. Happy, three of them They are all the best doctors.

He that once deceives is ever suspected.

Deceive once and you will be suspected forever.

Empty wagons rattle loudest.

Empty wagons rattle loudest. Agree1694