proverbs

Seeing is believing. 百聞不如一見
An uncut gem goes not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧
Unity is strength. 團結就是力量
Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量
Live and learn. 活到老，學到老
Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達
Sow nothing, reap nothing. 無功不受祿
A word once spoken can never be recalled. 一言既出，駟馬難追
To entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不識泰山
While the grass grows the horse starves. 遠水解不了近渴
If you live with a lame person you will learn to limp. 近朱者赤 近墨者黑
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日畢
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard. 得寸進尺
It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施比受更有福
Two heads are better than one. 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮
Misery loves company. (It never rains but pours.) 禍不單行
God's mill grinds slow but sure. . 天網恢恢，疏而不漏
There are two sides to every question.
每個問題都有正反兩面看法 ( 公說公有禮，婆說婆有禮)

Absence and Presence
Absence is mother of disillusion.
疏離是覺悟之母

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones.
離別削減小愛，卻增添大愛

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
小別情更濃。小別勝新婚

Absent in body, but present in spirit. 。
肉身雖不在，精神卻不死。永垂不朽

He that fears you present will hate you absent.
在你面前怕你的人，在你背後恨你

Long absent, soon forgotten.
久別情疏

Salt water and absence wash away love.
遠離久別，恩情疏

Never try to prove what nobody doubts.
此地無銀三百兩

Man are best loved farthest off.
相隔最遙遠的人最為人疼愛