The sea complains it wants water. 大海总是抱怨水不够.
The sea refuses no river. 大海有能容之量.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportumity when it comes. 人生一生中成功的秘诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘诀是目标坚定.
The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最简短的回答就是干.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情，最简单的办法是一次只做一件事.
The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. 天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色.
The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡觉的狐狸抓不到鸡鸭.
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高尚.
The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. 美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水.
The soul is not where it lives, but it loves. 心灵不在它生活的地方，而在它所爱的地方.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有馀而力不足.
"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is week.
" 心有余而力不足。
The still sow eats up all the draff. 不声不响的猪吃光全部的饲料.
The style is the man. 文如其人.
The sun shines all alike. 太阳同样地普照一切.
The surest way to be happy is to be busy. 要快乐，最可靠的办法是忙碌.
The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方.
The sweetest thing in life. Is the welocme of a wife. 人生最甜蜜的事情就是爱妻的欢迎.
The tail does often catch the fox. 狐狸常因尾巴而被捕.
The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣装.
The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. 成功没有其它办法，只有好好工作而不存名利思想.
The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. 求学的三个基本原则是∶多观察、多吃苦、多钻研.
The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour. 三件事最困难∶保守秘密，忘却伤害和善用精力.
The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. 老虎一次尝到血，它的贪心就更大.
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. 舌头虽只三寸长，但能杀害六尺汉.
The tongue is not steel yet it cuts. 舌头不是钢，伤人似刀剑.
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。
The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 懒汉的舌头并不闲.
The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大觉，乌龟才得胜.
The truest politeness comes from sincerity. 真正的殷勤出于真诚.
The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. 我们最不喜欢听到的真实，总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实.
The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正当得来的便士会使正当得来的英镑受到污浊.
The used key is always bright. 常用的钥匙总是光亮的.
The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct. 人的品德不能看他一时格外卖力，而要看他的日常行为.
The voice is the best music. 说话声是最好的音乐.
The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 一个人的声音是没有力量的.
The voice of the people is the voice of God. 人民之声力大无比.
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，也能覆舟.
The weakest goes to the wall. 适者生存.
The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 精神财富是唯一的真正财富.
The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的钥匙.
The wine in the bolttle does not quench thirst. 瓶中之酒不解渴.
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. 国家智慧，寓于格言，它们精辟，而且简练.
The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct. 聪明人循理智办事，平常人照经验办事，蠢人按需要办事，畜生凭本能办事.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. 聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事.
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 聪明人耳朵长，嘴巴短.
The wise man is always a good listener. 智者善听人言.
The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all. 聪明人知道自己不懂什麽，蠢人则以为自己什麽都懂.
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. 清者自清，浊者自浊。
The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword. 智者之言，是保卫而非攻击.
The wish is father to the thought. 有愿望就有信念.
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利.
The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. 江山易改，本性难易.
The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary. 我的词典里没有“不可能”一词的.
The word once spoken can never be realled. 一言既出，驷马难追.
The work shows the workman. 什麽匠人出什麽活.
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down. 人间犹如一架梯，有人缘梯上升，有人顺梯下降.
The world is but a little place, after all. 有缘千里来相会.
The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. 世界对思惟著的人来说，是一出喜剧，而对凭感觉的人看来，只是一出悲剧.
The worst men often give the best advice. 最不行的人，往往能提出最好的意见.
The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen. 最大的不幸是害怕不会发生的不幸.
The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it. 物以稀为贵.
Theings past cannot be recalled. 过去的事情无可挽回.
Theings present are judged by things past. 欲断今日事，须知往日情.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼是取之不尽的.
There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging. 生活道路有三条∶劳动、偷盗或乞讨.
There are lees to every wine. 美中有不足.
There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. 愚蠢的买主多鱼愚蠢的卖主.
There are no birds of this year in last year's nests. 事过境迁.
There are no gains without pains. 不劳则无获。
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. 教育显然有两种∶一种是教人怎样谋生，另一种是教人怎样生活.
There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter. 世界上只有两种力量∶刀和笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者.
There are spots even on the sun. 人无完人。
There are spots in (or on) the sum. 人孰无过.
There are spots in the sun. 太阳也有黑点。
There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman. 传播新闻有三种方法∶电报、电话和告诉女人.
There are two sides to every question. 每个问题都有两个方面.
There is a black sheep in every flock. 群群羊中有黑羊.
There is a crook in the lot of everyone. 人生皆有不如意处.
There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read. 渴望求知的人需要读书，累得疲劳的人也需要书读，两种人的要求有很大的区别.
There is a skeleton in every house. 每座房子都有骨架.
There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本难念的经。
There is a small choice in rotten apples. 朽木不可雕.
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. 该说话时说话，该沈默时沈默.
There is another side to the picture. 凡事一分为二。
There is as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 有水何患无鱼。
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 可敬与可笑之间只有一步之差.
There is honour among thieves. 盗亦有道.
There is kindness to be found everywhere. 人间处处有温情。
There is life in the old dog yet. 老当益壮.
There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do. 无事可做比有许多事要做更伤脑筋.
There is much to be said on both sides. 公说公有理，婆说婆有理.
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。
There is no fire without smoke. 无火没有烟.
There is no fool like an old fool. 老年荒唐无法可想.
There is no general rule without some exception. 普遍规律必有例外.
There is no medicine against death. 没有长生不老药。
There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love andd innocence. 人世间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情而又清白无暇.
There is no place like home. 再好之处不如自己家.
There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰花没有不长刺的.
There is no royal road to learning. 治学无坦途.