ht twice with the same
bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。
143. it is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon. 只
有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。
144. it is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家
难免有败类。
145. it is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识
时务者为俊杰。
146. it is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知
其子。
147. it is better to be alone than in bad company. 无友
要比交坏友好。
148. it is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed
with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。
149. it is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事
前稳妥。
150. it is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如
实际好。
151. it is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill.
与其抱怨，不如积善。
152. it is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得
傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。
153. it is better to wear out than to rust out. 与其锈掉，
不如用坏。
154. it is dogged (that) does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心
人。
155. it is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上
升难。
156. it is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提
出忠告易，照著办事难。
157. it is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事
难。
158. it is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎
易，驯虎难。
159. it is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮
容易。
160. it is easy to learn something about everything, but
difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件
事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难
的。
161. it is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always
open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。
162. it is easy to prophesy after the event. 事后诸葛亮，
预言顶便当。
163. it is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸
鱼。
164. it is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为
上策。
165. it is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到
朋友是幸运的。
166. it is good to learn at another man's cost. 前车之
覆，后车之鉴。
167. it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring
her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。
168. it is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容
易。
169. it is impossible that a man who is false to his
friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不
可能对国家效忠。
170. it is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受
惠更有福。
171. it is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么
都不做要比做一点更不好受。
172. it is my own fault if i am deceived by the same man
twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。
173. it is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老
鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。
174. it is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配
偶。
175. it is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡狮不
是好事。
176. it is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but
difficulties, that make men. 造就人的，不是帮助，而是
磨难，不是方便，而是困难。
177. it is not how long but how well we live. 问题不是
活得长不长而是活得好不好。
178. it is not shame for a man to learn that which he
knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，
都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。
179. it is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君
子在德不在衣。
180. it is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧
虑才伤人。
181. it is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。
182. it is one thing to speak much and another to speak
pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
183. it is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事
都应该用得其所。
184. it is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。
185. it is the general rule, that all superior men inherit
the elements ofsuperiority from their mother. 一切优
秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
186. it is the nature of every man to err, but only the
fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有
蠢人才坚持不改。
187. it is the nature of folly to see the faults of others
and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处
而忘却了自己的过失。
188. it is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who
really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知识，都
能得到，这是知识的特点。
189. it is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the
rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。
190. it is too late to come with the water when the house
is burnt down. 马后炮。
191. it is too late to lock the stable door when the steed
is stolen. 贼出关门。
192. it is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。
193. it matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是
活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。
194. it never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，
一鸣惊人。)
195. it's a good horse that never stumbles, a good wife
that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。
196. it's a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐
趣者最可怜。
197. it's a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一
洞，必先把命送。
198. it's earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容
易上山难。
199. it's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out
again. 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。
200. it's hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难
航行。
201. it's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure.
高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。
202. it's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君
子重德不重衣。
203. it's no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。
204. it takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成
世界。
205. it takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得
起来。
206. i was born anamerican; i live an american; i shall
die an american. 我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，
死时也是美国人。
207. i wept when i was born,, and every day shows why.
我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什么。
208. i would rather be a poor man in a garret with
plenty of good books to read than a king who did not
love reading 宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿
身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。
209. i would rather have the affectionate regard of my
fellow men than i would have heaps and mines