a cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
a bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
a bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
a bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
a boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
a bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
a bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
a burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
a candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
a cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
a constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
a close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
a fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
a faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
a fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
a friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
a friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
a friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
a friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
a good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
a good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
a good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
'after you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
a good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
a good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
a good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
a good wife health is a man's best wealth.
a great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
a good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
a hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
a joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
a leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
a light heart lives long.
静以修身。
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