It is easy to be wise after the event.当事后诸葛亮容易.

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的.

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.开设店铺易，维持常开难.

It is easy to prophesy¹ after the event.事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当.

It is easy to swim if another holds up your head.有人扶着头，容易学游泳。

It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水之中好摸鱼.

It is good to be merry at meal.席间心情愉快是为上策.

It is good to have friends in trouble.在患难时得到朋友是幸运的.

It is good to learn at another man's cost.前车之覆，后车之鉴.

It is hard to please all parties.取悦各方，谈何容易.

It is hard to please all.众口难调。

It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.人老则守旧。

It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well.养女容易嫁女难.

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country.对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.施恩比受惠更有福.

It is more pain to do nothing than something.什麽都不做要比做一点更不好受.

It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice.在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己.

It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。

It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish² a dove³.老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣.

It is no use crying over spilt milk.泼水难收.

It is not every couple that is a pair.成双并非皆配偶.

It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men.造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难.

It is not how long but how well we live.问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好.

It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age.一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻.

It is not the beard that makes the philosopher.并不是一个人长了胡子，就可以成为哲学家。