雅俗引語(二) / Quotes Classical and Otherwise (2)

雅俗引語（二）	Quotes Classical and Otherwise (2)
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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. (Abraham Lincoln)	有時候，你可以騙盡世人； 有的人，你可以愚弄終生； 但你無法永遠蒙騙天下之人。 (林肯)
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A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks. (an English saying)	男人老，自家曉； 女人少，人見俏。 （英文俗語）
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一個籬笆三個樁， 一個好漢三個幫。	A fence is propped up by its stakes; A hero is backed up by his mates.
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心中有，口中無。	More felt than said
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讀書都為稻粱謀 (仿龔自珍)	For what is all this book learning If not a livelihood earning?
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學是學此樂， 樂是樂此學。xx (王艮)	Learning – it’s learning about this delight; Delight – it’s delight in learning.
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為學當如金字塔， 要能博大要能高。xx (胡適)	Pursue learning like a pyramid building; Make the base broad, and raise the top tall.
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親親而仁民 xxx (孟子)	Familial love spreads to all humans.
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色即是空，空即是色。	All is nought, and nought is all.
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天下第一	Second to none under the sun
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黃河清，聖人出。	The Yellow River clears, the sage-king reigns.
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居安思危	Think of times of adversity while enjoying prosperity.
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一動不如一靜	You may go farther and fare worse.
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師夷之長技以制夷	Learn from the foreigners’ strengths to fight back and beat them.
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搵錢大晒xxx(香港俗語)	Making money comes first.
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先破後立	Destruction before construction
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十年樹木， 百年樹人。	A decade’s enough to start afforestation; A lifetime’s needed to promote education.
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先下手為強	Strike first to win out fast.
xxx 清規戒律	xxxx Don’ts and mustn’ts
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秀才不出門， 能知天下事。	A scholar house-bound knows all the world around.
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成人不自在， 自在不成人。	Either seek pleasure, or be a man to treasure.
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濃妝淡抹總相宜	Charming always, dressy or otherwise
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滿招損，謙受益。	Vanity harms; humility helps.
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弄巧成拙	Stretch to be smart but prove to be stupid
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吃得苦中苦， 方為人上人。	He comes out the topmost who’s gone through the toughest. (To come out the topmost, go through the toughest. )
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走馬看花	A hurried tour gets but a blurred view.
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疾風知勁草	It’s the stormy gust that finds the sturdy grass.
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陽奉陰違	Obey in public, and offend in secret
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歲月不饒人	Age and ageing spare no man.
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	(Translated by Allen Zhuang)
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【參見/ See also：雅俗引語(一) / Quotes Classical and Otherwise (1)】 【參見/ See also：雅俗引語(三) / Quotes Classical and Otherwise (3)】