If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
腳踏兩條船,必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
殺雞取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知,就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
寧為玉碎,不為瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
掙錢容易攢錢難。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮好當。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
創業容易守業難。
It is hard to please all.
眾口難調。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老,學到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
萬事開頭難。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良機,後悔已遲。
It never rains but it pours.
不鳴則已,一鳴驚人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年樹木,百年樹人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
門門精通,樣樣稀鬆。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相,海不可鬥量。
Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢,疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭雙雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王發狂,百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下,莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博學使人謙遜,無知使人驕傲。
Learn and live.
活著,為了學習。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越學越好,壞人越學越壞。
Learn not and know not.
不學無術。
Learn to walk before you run.
先學走,再學跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
別惹麻煩。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天機。
Lies can never changes fact.
謊言終究是謊言。
Lies have short legs.
謊言站不長。