被翻译成英文的中国谚语

1. A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
2. A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. 送人玫瑰，手有余香。
3. A book holds a house of gold. 书中自有黄金屋（果然西方人务实，千钟粟和颜如玉都不管用）
4. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
5. A book tightly shut is but a block of paper
6. A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
7. A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
8. A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙
9. A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
10. A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.
11. A rat who gnaws at a cat’s tail invites destruction.
12. Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.
13. Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
14. Dig the well before you are thirsty. 先天下之忧而忧（肯定错了）–_–;;
15. Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. 善有善报，恶有恶报
16. Do not employ handsome servants.
17. Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
18. Do not remove a fly from your friend’s forehead with a hatchet.
19. Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.
20. Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
21. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. 授人以鱼不如授人以渔
22. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
23. He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.
24. He who strikes the first blow admits he’s lost the argument.
25. If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. 天生我才必有用
26. If you bow at all, bow low.
27. Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve. 折了胳膊往袖子里藏
28. Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
29. Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. 师父领进门，修行在个人
30. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
31. The palest ink is better than the best memory. 好记性不如烂笔头
32. To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
33. When you drink the water, remember the spring. 饮水思源
34. When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

Chinese Proverb

看了之后最大的好处就是对自己的英语和汉语完全失去了信心。。。