1、Truth and roses have thorns about them.

真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。

2、The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.

勇者和智者均有同情諒解之心，而懦夫和愚者則毫無憐憫之。

3、Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.

不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。

4、Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself?

誰能最恰當地評價一個人，他的敵人還是他自己？

5、All things are difficult before they are easy.

萬事開頭難。

6、Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.

狡詐出自於能力的缺乏。

7、You may be too cunning for one,but not for all.

矇騙得了一人，但矇騙不了所有的人。

8、Where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。

9、Clean your finger,before you point at my spots.

先洗浄你的手指，再指出我的污跡。

10、He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so.

能承受責備並據此改過者，若不算是智者，也距之不遠。

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