谚语大全 -中英对照(2) English Proverbs
A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜于美貌。

Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.

名誉如河流，发源处较狭，愈远愈宽广。

Take honour from me and my life is done.

没有名誉，就没有了生命。

Beware of him who regards not his reputation.

要谨防不重名誉的人。

It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.

光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。

Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

遥地克服困难是较大的光荣。

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。

Your father's honour is to you but a second-hand honour.

对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。

Never trust another what you should do yourself.

自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。

It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.

信任一切与不信任任何人，遥是弱点。

Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.

在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。

Never trust to fine words.

切勿轻信漂亮话。

Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.

细线挂重物，终究遥靠。

Be just to all, but trust not all.

要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.

只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

自信为英雄遥之本。

Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。

Truth is the daughter of time.

真理是时间的女儿。

Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes.

真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。

Truth and roses have thorns about them.

真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。

Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed.
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真理可能会被责难，但遥不会受羞辱。

Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out.

恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。

Truth will prevail.

真理必胜。

Truth's best ornament is nakedness.

不加掩饰乃是真理的较好装饰。

Facts are stubborn things.

事实是较顽强的东西。

Sooner or later, the truth comes to light.

遥迟早会大白。

The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know.

我们较不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会大有好处的事实。

Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.

谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。

There is many a fair thing full false.

有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。

Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.

谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。

A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.

谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。

A false tongue will hardly speak truth.

假舌不会吐真言。

False with one can be false with two.

对一个人遥，也会对两个人遥。

He that will lie will steal.

会说谎的人也就会偷窃。

Gossiping and lying go together.

流言常和谎话并行。

Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

含糊其词是谎话的遥。

A great talker is a great liar.

较会夸夸其谈的人也较会说谎。

The greatest liars talk most of themselves.

较爱自吹自擂的人是较大的说谎者。

Lying rides upon debt's back.

负债的人谎话多。

All is not gold that glitters.

闪光未必尽遥金。

Money is the root of evil.

金遥是罪恶的根源。

Money makes the mare go.

有遥能使鬼推磨。

All things are obedient to money.

一切事物都服从于金遥。

Before gold, even kings take off their hats.

在遥金面前，国遥也要脱帽。

Money is the key that opens all doors.

金遥是打开一切门户的钥匙。

Beauty is potent, but money is more potent.

美貌固有力，金遥力更大。

Avarice increases with wealth.

越有遥，越贪遥。

The money the miser hoards will do him no good.

守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。

What is wealth good for, If it brings melancholy?

财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
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Gold will not buy anything.

遥金不能买尽一切。

The chief aim of man is not to get money.

人的主要目的并不是遥遥。

Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.

相信金遥遥的人，往往会一切为了金遥。

Wealth makes worship.

财富能使人拜倒。

Little wealth, little care.

财富少，烦恼也少。

A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

身上无遥过市快。