受益终身的谚语

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Proverbs are the wisdom of the age.
谚语是时代的智慧.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生,方知天命.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
你笑,人人陪你笑;你哭,唯独你自哭.

Don't trust a goat with the kitchen-garden, and a wolf with sheepflod.
不要引狼入室.

Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置.

We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.
年华没虚度,一生已足矣.

The best fish swim near the bottom.
好鱼居深渊.

Vainglory blossoms but never bears.
虚荣能开花,但从不结果.

Dying is as natural as living.
生死由命,富贵在天.

Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
爱情无贵贱,贫富皆有之.

Readies is all.
有备无患.

Use a book like a bee does flowers.
读书如蜜蜂采花,吸取其精华.

No rule without an exception.
没有一条规则没有例外.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
读书养神,如锻炼健身.