1. A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven.

一小時所損失的遠超過七小時所獲得的。易失難得。

2. A tale never loses in the telling.

加鹽加醋。

3. All gains are made at some sacrifice.

一切收穫都是來自犧牲。

4. All is not lost that’s in peril.

危險不等於完蛋。

5. Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.

勿逐其影而忘其形。（不要捨本逐末。）

6. Covet all and lose all.

貪婪愈多，失去也愈多。

7. Do not seek dishonest gains, dishonest gains are losses.

不義之財不可貪；貪來之財也走失。

8. Future gains are uncertain.

未來的收穫是不易確定的。

9. Gain at the expense of reputation should be called loss. [Publius Syrus]

犧牲名譽而獲利，應該說是損失。（塞魯士）

10. Gain savors sweetly from anything.

收穫的滋味比任何東西來得甜美。

11. Grasp all, lose all.

樣樣都抓，等於不抓。

12. Great gain makes work easy.

重大收穫使工作順利。

13. Great pain and little gain will make a man soon weary.

辛勞多，收穫少，很快使人疲倦不堪。

14. He who does not gain loses.

逆水行舟，不進則退。

15. If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

人善有人欺，馬善有人騎。

16. Pour water into a sieve.

竹籃打水一場空。

17. Failure teaches success.

失敗乃成功之母。

18. A dime a dozen.

（一毛錢可以買一打）俯拾即是。

1. The son of a talented father is bound to be talented. [Chinese Proverb]

將門有將。（中國諺語）

2. The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs. [Francis Bacon]

一個國家的天賦，機智和精神從它的諺語中表露無遺。(培根)

3. Talent develops itself in solitude; character in the stream of life.

孤獨可以培養一個人的才能；人生的波濤足以培養一個人的性格。

4. Perseverance is sometimes more effective than genius.

堅忍有時比天賦更有效。

5. It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

一個作家所俱備的不僅僅是才華而巳。

6. Initiative results more from sustained effort than from genius.

進取心來自不斷的努力多於來自天賦。

7. Great talents mature late.

大器晚成。

8. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine perspiration.

天才是一分的靈感和九十九分的汗水。

9. Genius is boiling desire.

天才乃慾望之沸騰。

10. Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

天賦乃辛勞工作的無限能力。

11. Genius is an aptitude for work.

天賦就是俱備工作的才能。

1. Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

欲加之罪，何患無辭。

2. Give a lie twenty-four hours' start and you can never overtake it.

要是「謊言」先跑二十四小時，誰也追不上它。一人傳虛，百人傳實。

3. Give a thief enough rope and he will hang himself.

欲擒先縱。

4. Give a thing and take a thing, to wear the devil's gold ring.

獻出又收回，就是戴上魔鬼的金戒指。

5. Give and spend, and God will send.

千金散盡還復來。

6. Give as good as one gets (takes).

針鋒相對。

7. Give credit where credit is due.

有功則償。

8. Give him an inch and he will take an ell.

得隴望蜀。得寸進尺。

9. Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.

得寸進尺。

10. Give the devil his due.

對魔鬼也要公平。

11. Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.

把你最好的獻給世人，世人就會把最好的回報給你。

12. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

給我們工具，我們就會把工作做好。 沒傢沒伙，作什麼豆腐。

13. Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man's store.

厚德載福。積善多福。

1.Unpolished pearls never shine.

未磨光的珠寶絕不會發亮。

2. The golden age was never the present age.

( 現代絕非黃金時代。) 人在福中不知福。

3. The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful. [Russian Proverb]

外國的鑽石總是最漂亮。（俄國諺語）

4. The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead.

大公無私。

5. No lock will hold against the power of gold.

財可通神。

6. Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.

勿竭澤而漁。勿殺雞取卵。勿捨本逐末。

7. He that has gold may buy land.

有金斯有土。

8. Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold. [German Proverb]

野免為獵犬所捕，傻瓜為讚美所惑，女人為黃金所迷。（德國諺語）

9. Gold will not buy everything.

黃金不能購買任何東西。

10. Gold has more worshippers than God.

黃金比上帝有更多崇拜者。拜金的人比拜神的人還要多。

11. Gold is the dust that blinds all eyes.

黃金使人眩目。

12. Gold is tried in the fire.

真金不怕火煉。真金不怕紅爐火。

1. You cannot serve God and Mammon. [Matthew 6:24]

你們不能又事奉神，又事奉瑪門。（馬太福音6:24）

2. Where God will help, nothing does harm.

上帝若願意幫忙，無人會受到傷亡。

3. When the devil prays, he has a booty in his eye.

魔鬼禱告時，眼睛看著他的勝利品。

4. When rogues go in procession, the devil holds the cross.

流氓列隊前進時，魔鬼高舉十字架。 道高一尺，魔高一丈。

5. When God has his church, the devil will have his chapel.

上有政策，下有對策。

6. When fools make mistakes, they lay blame on Providence.

愚人犯錯，歸咎上帝。

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

不可躺下來，只求上帝幫助。望天打卦。

8. Those whom the gods love die young.

神所愛的人早逝。蘭摧玉折。

9. The voice of the people is the voice of God. [Latin Proverb]

民之所欲，天必從之。（拉丁諺語）

10. The nearer the church, the farther from God.

離教堂愈近，離上帝愈遠。

11. The mills of God grind slowly.

上帝的磨坊慢慢磨。天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

12. The grace of God is enough.

神的恩典夠我用。

13. The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth.

上帝總是把堅果送給牙齒掉光的人。

14. When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; when the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.

平時不燒香，急來抱佛腳。

When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.

當憂傷睡覺時，不要吵醒它。

Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.

積善之家必有餘慶。厚德載福。

Virtue alone is happiness.

為善至樂。

Two in distress make trouble less.

煩惱有伴不覺苦。同舟共濟。同病相憐。

True happiness consists in making happy. [Hindi Proverb]

真正的快樂在於使人快樂。（北印度諺語）

There’s no cure for sorrow but to put it underfoot.

憂傷是無法治療的，唯有把它踩在腳下。

The man without thought for the future will surely have trouble close at hand. [Chinese Proverb]

人無遠慮，必有近憂。（中國諺語）

Sorrows remembered sweeten present joy.

憂傷的回憶使眼前的喜悅甜美。

Sorrow is at parting if at meeting there be laughter.

相見歡笑離別憂。

Sorrow and an evil life makes soon an old wife.

憂愁和邪惡的生活很快使人變成老太婆。

Sin and sorrow are inseparable.

罪惡與憂傷難以分離。

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.

悲喜交集。禍兮福所倚，福兮禍所伏。

Rust destroys iron, and grief the heart. [Russian Proverb]

生銹侵蝕鐵皿，憂愁傷害心靈。（俄國諺語）

Remembrance often may start a tear.

回憶常帶來淚水。

1.Where the hedge is lowest, men may soonest over. (Where the hedge is lowest men leap over.)

避難就易。避重就輕。

2. The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.

低磨高磨，一樣可以磨。

3. The highest branch is not the safest roost.

高枝非良棲。

4. The highest tree has the greatest fall.

樹長得愈高，倒得愈嚴重。

5. The higher you climb, the harder you fall.

爬得愈高，跌得愈慘。

6. The higher the mountain, the greater descent.

山愈高，峭壁愈陡。爬得愈高，跌得愈深。

7. The higher the hill, the lower the grass.

山愈高，草愈低。

8. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.

猿猴攀得愈高，它的尾巴愈顯露。 小人職位愈高，其弱點愈容易曝露。

9. The boughs that bear most hang lowest.

大丈夫能屈能伸。

10. Lowly sit, richly warm.

坐得低，較暖和。

11. Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.

最高的樹最易招惹雷電。

12. High cedars fall when low shrubs remain.

高大的柏樹被風吹倒時，矮灌木卻依然屹立不搖。

13. Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye.

伐木時不要砍得太高，否則木屑會跑入你的眼睛。（勿好高騖遠，應實事求事。）

14. High places have their precipices.

凡是高的地方必有斷崖。

1. Who live by hope will die by hunger.

因希望而活的人，卻因渴望而死。

2. While there is life there is hope.

有生命就有希望。留得青出在，不怕沒柴燒。

3. When things are at the worst they begin to mend.

否極泰來。苦盡甘來。

4. When one door shuts, another opens.

當一道門關閉時，另一道門會為你而開。天無絕人之路。

5. Trust your hopes and not your fears.

要信賴你的盼望，不要信賴你的恐懼。

6. The longest night will have an end.

最漫長的黑夜總會結束。否極泰來。

7. The longest day has an end.

最長的一天總會結束。好景不常。天下無不散之筵席。

8.The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

黎明前的時刻是最黑暗的。曙光在望。

9.The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers.

蜜蜂是從最苦的花朵中吸取花蜜。

10. Prospect is often better than possession.

盼望往往勝於擁有。

11.Never cross your bridges till you come to them.

船到橋頭自然直。

12.Look on the bright side.

往好處著想。要看人生的光明面。

13. A happy face means a glad heart.

人逢喜事，精神爽。

14. Blessings are ever waiting on virtuous acts.

吉人自有天相。

1. Wrath killeth the foolish man. [Job 5:2]

憤怒害死愚妄人。（約伯記5:2）

2. When anger blinds the mind, truth disappears.

怒氣蒙心時，真理便消失。

3. When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

人在生氣時，他的理智，就會失控。

4. Short folk are soon angry.

小人易怒。

5.They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.

不勞動，要挨餓。

6. Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.

饑不擇食。

7. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. [Ephesians 4:26]

不可含怒到日落。（以弗所書4:26）

8. Kind words soften anger.

仁慈的話語使怒氣緩和。

9. Hungry dogs would eat dirty puddings.

饑者易為食。

10. Hungry bellies have no ears.

饑不擇食。

11. Hunger teaches many things. [Latin Proverb]

饑餓教會我們許多東西。（拉丁諺語）

12. Hunger obeys no laws.

三天不吃飯，什麼事都敢幹。

Hunger makes raw beans taste sugar.

饑餓時糟糠甜如蜜。

Hunger knows no delicacy.

饑不擇食。

Hunger is the best sauce. [French Proverb]

饑餓乃最佳之調味品。饑者易為食。（法國諺語）

Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.

饑不擇食。

One sheep follows another.

羊群彼此倣效。

No marvel if the imps follow when the devil goes before.

魔鬼帶頭，難怪小鬼紛紛跟隨。

It is well to profit by the folly of others.

前車可鑒。

If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.

一羊跳過水溝，眾羊相繼跟隨。

Do unto others as you would they should do unto you. [Luke 6:31]

你們願意人怎樣待你們，你們也要怎樣待人。（路加福音6:31)

He preaches well that lives well.

言行一致。

Example is better than precept.

身教重於言教。

Do as I say, not as I do.

照著我的話去做，不要跟著我去做。（本身言行不符，卻要他人遵循其言而行。）