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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早起きは三文の徳。

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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝、早起きは人を健康に、富裕に、賢明にする。

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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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He laughs best who laughs last.

早まって喜ぶな、最後に笑える者が勝ち。

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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水際まで連れて行くことはできても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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