ls the fool. 理智

指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。

16. reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的响

导和光辉。

17. reason rules all things. 情理管万事。

18. reckless youth makes rueful age. 虚度青春，悔恨无

已。

19. remember thou are but a man. 记住你自己只不过是

一个人。

20. repentance is good, but innocence is better. 悔罪虽

好，无罪更佳。

21. repetition is the mother of knowledge. 反覆学习是知

识之源。

22. reputation is often got without merit and lost without

fault. 无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

23. resolve to perform what you ought; perform without

fail what you resolve. 应该做的决心做，决心做的务必

做。

24. respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 君须

自敬，人乃敬之。

25. responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry

it under your arms. 责任必须负在肩上，不能挟在腋

下。

26. rest breeds rust. 停止须生锈。

27. revolutions are not made with rose water. 革命不是

绣花。

28. riches do not always bring happiness. 富未必永远带

幸福。

29. riches either serve or govern the possessor. 财富可以

侍候主人，也可以支配主人。

30. riches have wings. 财富难保。

31. riches serve a wise man but command a fool. 财富事

智者，却又驭蠢人。

32. rivers need a spring. 大河要有源头。

33. roll my log and i'll roll yours. 互相吹嘘。

34. rome was not built in a (or one) day. 罗马不是一日建

成的。

35. run (or hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with

the hounds. 两面讨好。

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1. sadness and gladness succeed each other. 悲喜互继，哀

乐相续。

2. safe bind, safe find.

3. sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no

man. 驶船要乘风，风潮不等人。

4. salt water and absence wash away love. 远离久别爱情

淡。久别情淡？

5. satan always finds work for idle hands. 懒汉总会干坏

事。

6. save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放

虎归山。

7. save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.

能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。

8. saving is getting. 节约等于收入。

9. saying and doing are two things. 说与做是两回事。

10. saying is one thing, and doing another. 说是一回事，

做是另一回事。

11. say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear.

莫道全所知，莫信全所闻。

12. say well is good, but do well is better, 说得漂亮固好，

做得漂亮更佳。

13. science is organized knowledge. 科学是系统化的知

识。

14. score twice before you cut once. 三思而行。

15. scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 神气的狗也会

吃赃布丁的。

16. scratch a russsian, and you('ll) find a tartar. 文明不

能改变本性。

17. scratch me and i'll scratch you 朋比为奸。

18. scratch my back and i'll scratch yours. 朋比为奸。

19. second thoughts are best. 三思而行，再思可也。

20. seeing is believing. 眼见为实。

21. seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are

the three pillars of learning. 见识多、遭难重，钻研深

是学问的三大支持。

22. see, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace. 多

看多听少多嘴，你会太平过日子。

23. seize (or take) time by the forelock. 撤热打铁。

24. seldom seen, soon forgotten. 见得少，忘得快。

25. self-confidence is the first requisite to human

greatness. 人类的伟大，首要的是要有自信。

26. self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. 我们

的失败多数是由于缺乏自信。

27. self do, self have. 自食其果。

28. self-praise is no recommendation. 自我吹嘘，决不可

取。

29. self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these

three alone lead life to sovereign power. 只要自重、自

觉、自制，人生就可达到至高无上的境地。

30. selt-trust is the essence of heroism. 自信是英雄的本

色。

31. self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信是成功的

首要秘诀。

32. serve somebody with the same sauce. 以其人之道还

治其人之身。

33. set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.

小人得意，忘乎所以。

34. set a thief to catch a thief. 以毒攻毒。

35. shallow streams make most din. 修养不深，高谈阔论。

36. sharp stomachs make short graces. 饿的肚子顾不到

体面。

37. short accounts make long friends. 帐算清，交情深。

38. short acquaintance brings repentance. 浅交生后悔。

39. short is my date, but deathless my renown. 年寿短

暂，声誉永存。

40. show me a liar, and i'll show you a thief. 谎言是做贼

的第一步。

41. sickness is everyman's master. 英雄只怕病来磨。

42. sickness is felt, but health not at all. 疾病能够感觉

到，健康全然不知晓。

43. sickness shows us what we are. 疾病使人亮出本来面

目。

44. silence gives consent. 沈默等于同意。

45. silence in times of suffering is the best. 遭到不幸时，

沈默是上策。

46. silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life. 沈默

是通过生活中的许多不幸而学会的。

47. silence is more eloquent than words. 沈默是更有说服

力的言词。

48. silence is sometimes the severest criticism. 沈默有时

是最严厉的批评。

49. silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous.

沈默的人像静水一样，深而难测。

50. silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen. 绸缎要

熄灭厨房的火。

51. sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait

of true and noble manhood. 真诚－－深刻真挚发自内

心的真诚，是真正高尚的人性的一种品质。

52. six feet of earth makes all men equal. 在墓穴中人人

都平等。

53. skill and confidence are an unconquered army. 技能

和信心是不可克服的军队。

54. sleeping is the best cure for waking troubles. 睡眠是

良药，专治醒时愁。

55. sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懒惰会磨去才智的锋

芒。

56. slow and steady wins the race. 跛鳖千里。

57. slow help is no help. 帮忙不及时，等于不帮忙。

58. small gains bring great wealth. 小益聚大财，薄利成巨

富。

59. smooth water runs deep. 大智若愚。

60. soft fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出细活。

61. soft (or fine or kind) words butter no parsnips. 画饼

充饥。

62. so many countries, so many customs. 一个国家有一

个国家的风俗。

63. so many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 人

多意见也多。

64. some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,

and some few to be ch