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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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There is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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Forewarned is forearmed.

あらかじめ警告を受けているのは、あらかじめ武装しているに同じ。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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