Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.

搬事弄非者，必是撒謊人。

Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.

早睡早起。

Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company.

一人獨處慎於思，與人相處慎於言。

Grain by grain and hen fills her belly.

一粒一粒啄米，母雞填飽肚皮。

Grasp all, lose all.

貪多必失。

Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.

困難像彈簧，你硬它就軟。

Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.

舍本逐末。

Grasp the thistle firmly.

毅然處理困難局面。

Great barkers are no biters.

吠犬不咬。

Great boast, small roast.

說得天花亂墜，成事微乎其微。

Great designs require great consideration.

宏偉的計劃須要慎重考慮。

Greatest genius often lies concealed.

大智若愚。

Great hopes make great man.

大希望造就大人物。

Great men are not always wise.

偉大的人物未必總是英明的。

Great men have great faults.

偉人也會鑄大錯。

Great minds think alike.

英雄所見略同。

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

萬丈高樓平地起。

Great souls suffer in silence.

偉人受苦，聲色不露。

Great talkers are commonly liars.

能言的人謊話多。

Great talkers are little doers.

人好說大話，并非實干家。

Great talkers are not great doers.

其人說得多，做得不會多。

Great winds blow upon high hills.

樹大招風。

Believe no tales from the enemy.

切莫輕信敵人。

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.

眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信。

Believe somebody on his bare word.

人言無據，切勿輕信。

Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh.

恩澤讓人欣喜，猶如鮮花使人心醉。

Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket.

準備慷慨解囊。

Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.

選擇朋友要審慎，摒棄更要審又慎。

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

不輕諾，諾必果。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

多聽少說。

Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife.

過光棍生活，勝過有一個邋遢老婆。

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

忍辱貪生不如死得光榮。

Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us.

適量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

前程雖遠大，現實尤可貴。

Better an empty purse than an empty head.

寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

明槍易躲，暗箭難防。

Better are small fish than an empty dish.

有勝於無。

Better be alone than in bad company.

交損友不如無友。

Better be out of the world than out of fashion.

不合潮流不如脫離塵世。

Better be poor than wicked.

寧可做窮人，不要做壞人。

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

寧為犬首，不作獅尾。

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.

寧為驢頭，不為馬尾。

Better deny at once than promise long.

輕諾必寡信。

Better die with honour than live with shame.

與其忍辱偷生，不如光榮而死。

Better eye sore than all blind.

眼痛總比瞎眼好。

Better good neighbours near than relations far away.

遠親不如近鄰。

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

寧可餓肚子，切莫去借債。

Better half an egg than empty shell.

半只蛋也比空殼好。

Better is the neighbour's hen than mine.

人莫知其苗之碩。

Better late than never.

遲做總比不做好。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

寧可不說一句俏皮話，以免得罪朋友們。

Better lose the saddle than the horse.

吃小虧占大便宜。

Better master one than engage with ten.

精通一事勝於會十事。

Better one-eyed than stone-blind.

獨眼總比全瞎好。

Better poor with honour than rich with shame.

窮得光榮，勝過富得可恥。

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

與其說話不中肯，不如一言不發好。

Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

聊勝於無。

Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.

寧可滑跤，不可失言。

Better to do well than to say well.

說得好不如做得好。

Better wear out than rust out.

與其閑散不如忙碌。

Better wit than wealth.

智力勝於財富。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之間不分彼此。

Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.

功虧一簣。

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

腳踏兩頭要落空。

Beware beginnings.

慎始為上。

Beware of a man of one book.

不要與一個有專業知識的人爭論。

Beware of a silent dog and still water.

警惕無聲之狗會咬人，平靜之水會覆舟。

Beware of him who regards not his reputation.

要謹防不重自己名譽的人。

Big mouthfuls ofter choke.

貪多嚼不爛。

Bind the sack before it be full.

做事應適可而止。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以類聚，人以群分。

Birth is much, but breeding is more.

出身固然重要，教養更且重要。

Bite off more than one can chew.

貪多咽不下。

Bite the hand that feeds one.

恩將仇報。

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

良藥苦口利於病。

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

人無所求最享福，因他不為失望苦。

Blind men can judge no colours.

不宜問道於盲。

Blood is thicker than water.

血濃於水。

Blood will have blood.

血債要用血來還。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

書籍如朋友，應該少而精。

Borrowed garments never fit well.

借來的衣服不合身。

Brave actions never want a trumpet.

勇敢的行為不須要吹號。

Bread is the staff of life.

民以食為天。

Brevity is the soul of wit.

言以簡潔為貴。

Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes.

養虎貽患。

Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

投鼠忌器。

Burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

Business before pleasure.

事業在先，享樂在後。

Business is business.

公事公辦。

Business is the salt of life.

事業事人生之鹽。

Business makes a man as well as tries him.

事業既考驗人，也造就人。

Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.

事業雖擾煩，懶惰更害人。

Business neglected is business lost.

玩忽事業等於丟失事業。

Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest.

工作後消遣更愉快，勞動後休息更舒暢。

Butter to butter is no relish.

千篇一律的東西令人生厭。

By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

懶散學為非。

By doing we learn.

經一事，長一智。

By falling we learn to go safely.

吃一塹，長一智。

By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man.

賭博使我們丟失時間和金錢，這兩樣人生最珍貴的東西。

By other's faults, wise men correct their own.

他山之石，可以攻玉。

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.

讀書可以使我門的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美。

By the hands of many a great work made light.

眾擎易舉。

By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.

和疾病相比較，才顯得健康的可貴。

By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never".

遷延因循，一事無成。

By writing you learn to write.

從寫作中學寫作。

Call a spade a spade.

據實而言。

Call me not olive till thou see me gathered.

蓋棺論定。

Call no man happy until he dies.

蓋棺才能定論。

Can the leopard change his spots?

江山易改，本性難移。

Care and diligence bring luck.

謹慎和勤奮，帶來好運氣。

Care killed the cat.

憂慮傷身。

Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

清水未來，莫潑贓水。

Cast not your pearls before swine.

明珠莫投暗。

Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

大事未成時，莫開慶功宴。

Cats hide their paws.

大智若愚，大巧若拙。

Caution is the parent of safety.

謹慎小心是安全之源。

Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.

金鏈鎖人比鐵煉更牢靠。

Change lays not her hand upon truth.

真理不變。

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

仁愛須由近及遠。

Cheat's never proper.

欺騙決非正當事。

Cheek brings success.

和氣生財。

Cheerful company shortens the miles.

旅有好旅伴，不覺行程遠。

Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.

歡快與好意，勞動不覺累。

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

看人看年少，看天看破曉。

Children and fools cannot lie.

孩子和傻子，不會說謊話。

Children are the parents's riches.

子女是父母之財富。

Choice of the end covers choice of the means.

選擇目的包含著選擇手段。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

選書如擇友。

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

選妻，最好用耳莫用眼。

Christmas comes but once a year.

佳節良辰，機會難得。

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, instrument of the wise.

弱者困於環境，智者利用環境。

Civility costs nothing.

禮貌不須什麼代價。

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

清凈近乎神圣。

Clothes make the man.

人要衣裝，佛要金裝。

Come what may, heaven won't fall.

船到橋頭自會直。

Comfort is better than pride.

安慰勝過傲慢。

Coming events cast their shadows before them.

山雨欲來風滿樓。

Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less.

你的悲痛與人比，悲痛就會輕一些。

Comparisons are odious.

人比人，氣死人。

Confession is the first step to repentance.

悔罪先須認罪。

Confidence of success is almost success.

對成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。

Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life.

不怕死，然後才能生。

Constant dropping wears away a stone.

滴水穿石。

Content is better than riches.

知足常樂。

Conversation makes one what he is.

言如其人。

Councils of war never fight.

主戰者不打仗。

Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.

放馬後炮。

Counsel must be followed, not praised.

忠告必須照辦，而不是贊美。

Count not your chickens before they are hatched.

不要過早樂觀。

Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

勇敢和決心是美德的靈魂。

Courtesy costs nothing.

謙虛恭敬，不用分文。

Cowards are cruel.

懦夫不仁。

Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas!

信譽像鏡子，破碎無法補。

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

放債人的記性比借債人好。

Crows do not pick crow's eyes.

同室不操戈。

Cry up wine and sell vinegar.

掛羊頭，賣狗肉。

Cry with one eye and laugh with the other.

口不應心。

Curiosity killed the cat.

好奇心，惹禍根。

Custom is a second nature.

習慣是第二天性。

Custom is the guide of the ignorant.

習俗是無知者的向導。

Custom makes all things easy.

若照習慣辦，萬事皆不難。

Custom rules the law.

習俗影響法律。

Custom without reason is but ancient error.

習俗沒有道理，古代謬誤而已。

Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.

閑話少說，言歸正傳。

Cut the coat according to the cloth.

量布裁衣。

Danger is next neighbour to security.

危險是安全的近鄰。

Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.

危險本身就是對付危險的最好辦法。

Dead men tell no tales.

死人不會搬弄是非。

Death is the grand leveller.

凡人都要死，大家都一樣。

Death meets us everywhere.

死亡到處和我門相遇。

Death pays all debts.

人死百債了。

Death when it comes will have no denial.

死亡來臨時，無可抗拒之。

Debt is better than death.

負債總比死亡強。

Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves.

行動是果實，言語只是樹葉而已。

Deeds are males, and words are females.

言柔弱無能，行剛強有力。

Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.

深水靜靜流，淺溪潺潺流。

Delays are dangerous.

坐失良機必有憂患。

Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour.

著手前要深思熟慮，執行要果斷有力。

Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.

考慮要仔細，行動要迅速。

Deliberating is not delaying.

慎思不是拖延。

Deliver not your words by number but by weight.

言不在多，而在有物。

Depend on others and you always repent.

依靠別人總要後悔。

Despair gives courage to a coward.

人急造反，狗急跳墻。

Destruction pursues the great.

樹大招風。

Devil must be driven out with devils.

以毒攻毒。

Dexterity comes by experience.

熟練來自經驗。

Diamond cut diamond.

強中更有強中手。

Diet cures more than the doctor.

藥補不如食補。

Diligence is near success.

勤奮近乎成功。

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

刻苦是成功之母。

Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奮是成功之母。

Discontent is the first step in progress.

不知足是前進中的第一步。

Discretion is the better part of valour.

小心即大勇。

Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow.

病，仇與債這三者，一露苗頭就砍掉。

Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.

心靈上的疾病比肉體上的疾病更危險。

Diseases are the price of ill pleasures.

疾病是不正當娛樂的代價。3lian.com

Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.

病來如山倒，病去如抽絲。

Disgraced may be he who thinks ill.

心懷不端的人是可恥的。

Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

為眾之所為，受眾之所夸。

Do as the Romans do.

入鄉要隨俗。

Do as you would be done by.

推己及人。

Do business, but be not a slave to it.

要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。

Dog does not eat dog.

物不傷其類。

Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.

遠處叫得兇的狗，不會近身來咬人。

Dogs that run after many hares kill none.

多謀寡成。

Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.

狗搖尾巴，愛的是面包。

Doing is better than saying.

行勝於言。

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

入鄉隨俗。

Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.

不要為所能為，不要花盡所有，不要全信所聞，不要言盡所知。

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

不要忘恩負義。

Do not despise your enemy.

萬勿輕敵。

Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.

不要有求必應。

Do not praise a day before sunset.

切勿褒貶過早。

Do not run too fast after gain.

不要見利就拼命追。

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

不要向不如你幸運的人述說你的幸福。

Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.

處在危難中，不宜大更動。

Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty.

不要因為怕貧苦而放棄自由。

Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.

己所不欲，勿施於人。

Do not wash dirty linen in public.

家丑不可外揚。

Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

清水未來，莫潑贓水。

Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.

不要杞人憂天。

Don't fly till you wings are feathered.

羽毛未豐不要飛。

Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.

沒有脫離危險不要先歡呼。

Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.

切莫臨時抱佛腳。

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事，今日畢。

Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak.

不要盡言所知，而要盡知所言。

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

休要班門弄斧。

Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh.

清水未打來，贓水莫倒掉。

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自尋煩惱。

Don't whistle until you are out of the wood.

沒有脫離險境，不要過早高興。

Do one's level best.

盡力而為。

Dot the i's and cross the t's.

一點一劃，循規蹈矩。

Doubt is the key of knowledge.

懷疑乃知識的鑰匙。

Do well is better than say well.

說得好不如做得好。

Downy lips make thoughtless slips.

嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢。

Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.

事未齊備，切莫妄動。

Draw water with a sieve.

竹籃子打水一場空。

Dreams go by contraries.

夢想總與現實相反。

Drive your business, do not let it drive you.

要推動事業，不要讓事業來推動你。

Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.

滴水匯大海，壘石誅高墻。

Drowning man will catch at a straw.

溺水的人一根草也要抓。

Drunken days have all their tomorrows.

今日花天酒地，明日潦倒窮途。

Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.

酒後露真言。

Dumb dogs are dangerous.

啞犬最兇惡。

Dying is as natural as living.

死亡與生存一樣自然。

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

鳥兒都愛聽自己唱歌。

Each day brings its own bread.

天無絕人之路。

Eagles catch no flies.

大人物不計較小事情。

Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.

鷹單飛，羊群集。

Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.

早期的錯誤可以釀成日後的麻煩。

Early sow, early mow.

播種早的收獲早。

Early start makes easy stages.

早開始是成功的保證。

Early wed, early dead.

早婚早夭。

Easier said than done.

說話容易做事難。

East or west, home is best.

在家千日好，出門時時難。

Easy come, easy go.

易得易失。

Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.

隨意吃飯，適度飲酒。

Eat one's cake and have it.

又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草。

Eat to live, but not live to eat.

吃飯是為了生存，但生存不是為了吃飯。

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

吃是使自己受用，穿是使別人受用。

Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.

人的教養始於教育，成於社交。

Education has for its object the formation of character.

教育的目的在於培養品德。

Elbow grease gives the best polish.

只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound.

空桶響聲大。

Enough is as good as a feast.

知足常樂。

Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.

高位遭人妒，高峰招風吹。

Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

人非圣賢，孰能無過。

Even the walls have ears.

隔墻有耳。

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

有利必有幣。

Every bean has its black.

人人有其缺點。

Every bird likes its own nest.

人愛其家。

Every brave man is a man of his word.

勇敢的人都是信守諾言的人。

Every bullet has its billet.

無風不起浪。

Every cloud has a silver lining.

山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又一村。

Every cook praises his own broth.

自吹自擂。

Every country has its customs.

鄉有鄉俗。

Every couple is not a pair.

同床異夢，貌合神離。

Every day is not Sunday.

好景不常在，好花不常開。

Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.

生命中的一天就是你歷史上的一頁。

Every dog has his day.

凡人都有得意之日。

Every dog has his day, and every man his hour.

人人都有得意的日子。

Every dog is valiant at his won door.

狗在家門前條條都兇悍。

Every door may be shut but death's door.

除了死門外，每門都可關。

Every extremity is a fault.

萬事過分都差誤。

Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy.

蠢人也能找出聰明人無法彌補的岔子來的。

Every heart has its own sorrow.

人人都有傷心處。

Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.

每疋馬認為自己馱的袋子重。

Every Jack has his Jill.

有情人終成眷屬。

Every little makes a mickle.

積少成多。

Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.

情人眼里出西施。

Every man has a fool in his sleeve.

聰明一世，糊涂一時。

Every man has his faults.

人孰無過。

Every man has his hobby-horse.

人各有所好。

Every man has his liking.

人各有所好。

Every man has his weak side.

人人都有自己的弱點。

Every man has the defects of his qualities.

一個人的好品質上也有不足之處。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

每個人都是他自己命運的建誅師。

Every man is the master of his own fortune.

每個人都是他自己的命運的主宰。

Every man is the son of his own works.

種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

Every man thinks his own geese swans.

每個人都以為自己的東西了不起。

Every mother's child is handsome.

老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。

Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune.

人對自己的命運總不感滿足。

Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.

知人知面不知心。

Every pleasure has a pain.

樂中必有苦。

Every potter praises his own pot.

老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。

Every salesman boasts of his own wares.

老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。

Every shoe fits not every foot.

不能以己度人。

Everything comes to him who waits.

安心等待必有好處。

Everything has its seed.

無風不起浪。

Everything has its time and that time must be watched.

任何事情都有好的時機，不要隨意放過。

Everything hath an end.

任何事物都有它的結果。

Everything is good in its season.

萬物逢時皆美好。

Everything is good when new, but friend when old.

東西新的好，朋友老的好。

Everything is nice in your garden.

老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。

Everything must have a beginning.

凡是都有起源。

Everything new is fine.

新事物總是美好的。

Every tide hath its ebb.

興盛之日必有衰退之時。

Every tree is known by its own fruit.

觀其言行，知其為人。

Every why has a wherefore.

事出有因。

Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.

罪惡來時，尺進寸退。

Evil communications corrupt good manners.

交往惡劣，有損風度。

Evil gotten, evil spent.

悖入悖出。

Example is better than precept.

言教不如身教。

Exchange is no robbery.

公平交易并非強行奪取。

Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians.

鍛鏈、節制、新鮮空氣和必要的休息是最好的醫生。

Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.

經驗無止境。

Experience is the best teacher.

經驗是良師。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

智慧來自經驗。

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

吃虧學乖代價高，笨漢非此學不好。

Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly.

親身經驗，才是經驗。

Experience must be bought.

若要得經驗，必須化代價。

Experience teaches.

經驗給人教訓。

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.

有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。

Extremes are dangerous.

物極必反。

Extremes meet.

否極泰來。

Facts are stubborn things.

事實是不容改變的東西。

Failure is the mother of success.

失敗是成功之母。

Fair and softly go far in a day.

謙和穩重，前程遠大。

Fair faces need no paint.

貌美毋須修飾。

Faith will move mountains.

精誠所至，金石為開。

Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not.

困難見友情。

False friends are worse than open enemies.

明槍易躲，暗箭難防。

False tongue will hardly speak truth.

虛偽者不肯說真話。

False with one can be false with two.

對一個人虛偽，也會對兩個人虛偽。

Fame is a magnifying glass.

名譽是放大鏡。

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

名譽像條河，源頭最狹窄，遠處最寬闊。

Familiar paths and old friends are the best.

熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。

Far from eye, far from heart.

離遠而情疏。

Fast bind, fast find.

保存得好，東西好找。

Fasting comes after feasting.

今日有酒今日醉，明日無錢不揭鍋。

Fat hens lay few eggs.

肥雞不下蛋。

Faults are thick where love is thin.

一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。

Fear is often greater than the danger.

杞人憂天。

Fear not the future; weep not for the past.

不要為未來擔憂，不要為過去悲泣。

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

傷風時宜吃，發熱時宜餓。

Feed a pig and you'll have a hog.

種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

Feed by measure and defy physician.

飲食有節制，醫生無用處。

Few words are best.

少說為妙。

Few words, many deeds.

少說話，多做事。

Fine clothes make the man.

人要衣裝。

Fine feathers make fine birds.

人要衣裝，佛要金裝。

Fine words butter no parsnips.

畫餅充饑。

Fine words dress ill deeds.

漂亮的言詞可以掩飾惡劣的行為。

Finished labours are pleasant.

大功告成，好不高興。

Good counsel does no harm.

忠言無害。

Good counsel never comes amiss.

忠言有利無害。

Good counsel never comes too late.

忠言絕不嫌遲。

Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.

善行如日月經天。

Good fame is better than a good face.

美名勝美貌。

Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do.

以德報德，人人都能做到;以德報怨只有高尚的人才能辦到。

Good health is above wealth.

健康重於財富。

Good news goes on crutches.

好事不出門。

Goods are theirs that enjoy them.

能享受自己財產的人是財產的真正主人。

Good to begin well, better to end well.

善始好，善終更好。

Good watch prevents misfortune.

有備無患。

Good wine needs no bush.

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Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools.

話好行為劣，欺騙智和愚。

Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.

光說好話而不見行動，一文不值。