1. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.

勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友。

2. An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel thy sword.

对俯伏在你脚下乞怜的敌人，绝不可使他触及你

的剑。

3. Make your enemy your friend.

要化敌为友。

4. Live and let live.

自己活也让别人活。

5. As a man lives,so shall he die.

有生必有死。

6. We are not born for ourselves.

人生天地间，并非为自己。

7. He that hath time hath life.

有时间就有生活。

8. He that lives long suffers much.

寿长忧患多。

9. They who live longest will see most.

寿命最长的人见识也最广。

10.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

他生在富贵人家。

11.A man can die but once.

人生只有一回死。

12.He that liveth in court dieth upon straw.

生于安乐者常死于贫贱。

13.He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly.

过着邪恶生活的人不会正直地死去。

14.Death pay all debts.

一死了百债。

15.Six feet of earth makes all men equal.

墓穴之中，人人平等。

16.Death is the grand leveller.

死亡面前，不分贵贱。

17.Death meets us everywhere.

人生到处皆可死；死亡和我们到处相遇。

18.Death frees us from ills.

死亡使我们解脱不幸。

19.We shall lie all alike in our graves.

一朝进坟场，大家都一样。

20.In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.

一朝入暮穴，贫富皆一律。

21.Death defies the doctor.

死亡蔑视医生。

22.There is no medicine against death.

人间哪有不死（回春）药。

23.Light come,light go.

易得则易失；来得容易去得快。

24.Sometimes gain is to lose.

有时得即是失。

25.Merry is he that hath nought to lose.

无物可失的人最逍遥自在。

26.Grasp all,lose all.

样样都要，全部失掉。

27.What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.

失鳕得鲱；失之东隅，收之桑榆。

28.What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire.

在区里失去的可在州里找回来。

29.For a lost thing care nothing.

一物已失，计较无益。

30.He who does not gain loses.

不能得益，就是损失。

31.Losses make us more cautious.

损失使人更谨慎。

32.Who loseth liberty loseth all.

失去自由即失去一切。

33.Either win the horse or lose the saddle.

不是全赢，就是全输；孤注一掷。

34.All is not lost that is in danger.

在危险中的东西未必全会损失。

35.Do not run too fast after gain.

不要见利便狂追。

36.Prefer loss to unjust gain.

宁可受损失，休取不义财。

37.Lightly gain,quickly lost.

来得容易去得快；不义之财，理无久享。

38.Only that which is honestly got is gain.

正当的收入才是真正的收入。

39.All is not gain that is put in the purse.

装进钱包里的不一定都是正当的收入。

40.Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.

靠欺骗得利，准要吃亏。

41.One never loses anything by politeness.

礼多不吃亏；礼多人不怪。

42.Hold fast when you have it.

手中之物应紧握。

43.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

海中好鱼取不尽（指：虽然失去一个机会，还有很

多机会）。

44.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip.

酒杯来到嘴唇边，得饮与否未可知；物未到手前，未

能算己有；凡事难以十拿九稳。

45.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

使人人倒霉的风才是恶风；此失则彼得；害于此则

利于彼；没有使所有的人都受害的坏事。

46.Health is better than wealth.

健康胜于财富。

47.Health is happiness.

健康便是幸福。

48.A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.

健全的身体比金冕更有价值。

49.A sound mind in a sound body.

健康的思想寓于健康的身体。

50.A light heart lives long.

心胸开朗，使人寿长。
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