Chinese idioms in English (2)

Prefer loss to unjust gain.                                 寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。 Prevention is better than cure.                          預防勝於治療。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.       驕傲使人落後。 Promise is debt.                                               一諾千金。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 諺語是日常經驗的結晶。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.                               火中取栗。 Put the cart before the horse.                            本末倒置。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.                         鼎力相助。 Reading enriches the mind.                                開卷有益。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.  讀書健腦，運動強身。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.   要人尊敬，必須自重。 Rome is not built in a day.                                 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。 Saying is one thing and doing another.               言行不一。 Seeing is believing.                                            眼見為實。 Seek the truth from facts.                                  實事求是。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.  智者當差，不用交代。 Set a thief to catch a thief.                                  以賊捉賊。 Short accounts make long friends.                      好朋友勤算賬。 Something is better than nothing.                        聊勝於無。 Soon learn, soon forgotten.                                學得快，忘得快。 Soon ripe, soon rotten.                                      熟得快，爛得快。 Speech is silver, silence is gold.                          能言是銀，沉默是金。 Still water run deep.                                           靜水常深。 Strike the iron while it is hot.                              趁熱打鐵。 Success belongs to the persevering.                   堅持就是勝利。 Take things as they come.                                  既來之，則安之。 Talking mends no holes.                                     空談無補。 Talk of the devil and he will appear.                    說曹操，曹操就到。 Tall trees catch much wind.                                 樹大招風。 Teach others by your example.                           躬親示範。 The best hearts are always the bravest.               無私者無畏。 The best man stumbles.                                      偉人也有犯錯時。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.                    掩耳盜鈴。 The danger past and God forgotten.                    過河拆橋。 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.                 黎明前的黑暗。 The darkest place is under the candlestick.          燭台底下最暗。 The devil knows many things because he is old.   老馬識途。 The devil sometimes speaks the truth.                  魔鬼有時也會說真話。 The die is cast.                                                    木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm.                         早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。 The end justifies the means.                                  隻要目的正當，可以不擇手段。 The end makes all equal.                                      死亡麵前，人人平等。 The eye is bigger than the belly.                            貪多嚼不爛。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home.   抄近路反而繞遠路。 The finest diamond must be cut.                            玉不琢，不成器。 The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 烈火驗真金，艱難磨意誌。