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1.it is good to learn at another man’s cost.

前车可鉴。

2.experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

3.dexterity comes by experience.

熟练来自经验。

4.practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

5.wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。

6.knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

7.learn wisdom by the follies of others.

从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

8.to him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.

事事及时做，一日胜三日。

9.to save time is to lengthen life.

节省时间就是延长生命。

10.when an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

机不可失，时不再来;机会一过，永不再来。

11.make hay while the sun shines.

晒草要趁太阳好。

12.work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.

今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。

13.punctuality is the soul of business.

守时为立业之要素。

14.procrastination is the thief of time.

因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。

15.every tide hath its ebb.

潮涨必有潮落时。

16.wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

知识可羡，胜于财富。

17.wisdom is better than gold or silver.

知识胜过金银，