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1841. One never loses by doing a good turn. 行善者决无一失。 1842. One penny with right is better than a thousand without right. 合法得来一个钱，胜过非法钱一千。 1843. One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows. 有的耕，有的播，谁来收获很难说。 1844. One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. 一只烂苹果烂一萝苹果。 1845. One should eat to live, not live to eat. 人为生而食，非为食而生。 1846. One sin opens the door for another. 一个罪恶常为另一个罪恶开门。 1847. One's mantle falls on somebody. 春风化雨。 1848. One sows another reaps. 不劳而获。 1849. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。 1850. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。 1851. One today is worth two tomorrows. 今天一天抵明天两天。 1852. One who can do everything can do nothing. 什么都能做，什么都不行。 1853. One woe doth tread upon another's heels. 祸不单行。 1854. One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game. 棋错一著，全盘皆输。 1855. One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret. 一念之错可铸终生之恨。 1856. Only that which is honestly got is gain. 正当的收入才是真正的收入。 1857. Only they who fulfill their duty in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions. 只有在日常事务上尽责的人，才能在重大事情上尽责。 1858. On the choice of friends. Our good or evil name depends. 朋友的选择可影响名誉的好坏。 1859. On the great clock of time there is but one word, "Now." 在伟大的时钟上，只有一个词，就是“现在”。 1860. Open confession is good for the soul. 坦白交代，身心愉快。 1861. Open not your door when the devil knocks. 不要受人的诱惑。 1862. Opportunity makes the thief. 疏忽招盗贼。 1863. Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机不可失，失不再来。 1864. Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish. 只要努力工作而有志向，机会迟早终会来临。 1865. Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生活，我为生活而食。 1866. Our affections are our life. -- We live by them; they supply our warmth. 我们的感情，是我们的生命，我们靠它生存，我们的温暖是它供应。 1867. Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them. 最好的朋友是指出我们的缺点并帮助改正的人。 1868. Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. 最美好的教训不是得之于成功，而是来之于不幸。 1869. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. 我们最大的光荣并不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能起来。 1870. Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in sacrificing ourselves for others. 我们最大幸福并不是杀害别人，而是为别人而牺牲自己。 1871. Our own actions are our security, not others' judgements. 我们的行为是自己的保证而不是别人的鉴定。 1872. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 最甜美的的歌是诉说最悲伤的哀思。 1873. Out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。 1874. Out of sight, out of mind. 久违情疏。眼不见，心不烦？ 1875. Overdone is worse than undone. 过犹不及。

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1876. Paddle your own canoe. 自力更生，自食其力。 1877. Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了伤疤忘了痛。 1878. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饶了坏人便伤了好人。 1879. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和努力会使我们度过难关。 1880. Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden. 忍耐是朵花，并非人人园中都开发。 1881. Patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治疗一切伤痛的药膏。 1882. Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德。 1883. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 1884. Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好的药物。 1885. Patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐心，时间和金钱可以征服一切。 1886. Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一报还一报。 1887. Peace on earth and good will towards men. 愿世界得太平，人间持善意。 1888. Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思危，此乃万全之策。 1889. Pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁。 1890. Penny and penny laid up will be many. 积少成多。 1891. Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。 1892. People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺力量，缺的是决心。 1893. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 失败十九次，坚持而不动，待到二十次，大事就成功。 1894. Perseverance is vital to success. 不屈不挠是成功之本。 1895. Pitchers/Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。 1896. Pity is akin to love. 怜悯近乎爱情。 1897. Plants of learning must be watered with the rain of tears. 知识的幼苗要用泪雨来浇灌。 1898. Pleasant hours fly fast. 欢乐的时间过得快。 1899. Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody. 讨好每个人，人人不讨好。 1900. Pleasure has a sting in its tail. 乐中必有苦。

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1901. Plenty is no plague. 富裕绝非灾祸。 1902. Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance. 诗歌只不过是最美丽、最感人、最有力的说话方式，这也就是诗歌的价值。 1903. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 诗人是世上没有得到承认的立法者。 1904. Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 礼貌不费分文而可赢得一切。 1905. Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事，和善地说话。 1906. Poor men's words have little weight. 人微言轻。 1907. Poverty breeds strife. 贫穷引起斗争。 1908. Poverty is a pain, but no disgrace. 贫困是痛苦，但不是耻辱。 1909. Poverty is no shame, laziness is. 贫穷不害羞，懒惰才可耻。 1910. Poverty is no sin. 贫穷不是罪恶。 1911. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 贫非耻，耻贫乃耻。 1912. Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. 贫穷并不可耻，穷而不争气才可耻。 1913. Poverty is the mother of all arts. 贫困乃一切艺术之源。 1914. Poverty is the mother of health. 缺乏是健康之母。 1915. Poverty is the reward of idleness. 贫穷是游手好闲的报应。 1916. Poverty is the root of all evils. 穷困是万恶之源。 1917. Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. 老而贫穷，负担沉重。 1918. Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 贫困才能显出敌和友。 1919. Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友。 1920. Practice is better than precept. 身教胜于言教。 1921. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 1922. Practice what you preach. 言必行。 1923. Praise is not pudding. 恭维不是布丁。 1924. Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 赞扬使好人更好，坏人更坏。 1925. Praise no man till he is dead. 盖棺论定。 1926. Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach. 说教的人不身体力行，就只能空谈，不能起教育作用。 1927. Prepare for a rain day. 未雨绸缪。 1928. Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。 1929. Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和温雅决不会共处在一起。 1930. Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。 1931. Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 骄兵必败。 1932. Pride goes before, and shame cometh after. 骄傲一开始，耻辱接踵至。 1933. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 骄傲可能披著老一套的外衣出现。 1934. Pride must be pinched. 骄傲必须收敛。 1935. Pride will have a fall. 骄者必败。 1936. Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪费时间。 1937. Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进展即今日的活动和明日的保证。 1938. Promise is debt. 许愿就是债，欠了不容赖。 1939. Promise little but do much. 少许愿，多做事。 1940. Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 顺境显邪恶，逆境见善性。

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1941. Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them. 顺境交朋友，逆境试真情。 1942. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 谚语言短简，得自老经验。 1943. Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 谚语是一国的思想精华。 1944. Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 谚语是时代的智慧。 1945. Prove thy friends ere thou have need. 需要朋友之前，先要加以考验。 1946. Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最坏的准备，可以得到最好的结果。 1947. Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 天公总是佑强者。 1948. Punctuality is the soul of business. 严守时间是办事情的重要原则。 1949. Purpose supposes foresight. 深谋远虑。 1950. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管闲事。 1951. Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一把力。 1952. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。 1953. Put the shoe on the right foot. 责备应受责备者，表扬应受表扬者。 1954. Quality is better than quantity. 质重于量。 1955. Quality matters more than quantity. 质量比数量重要。 1956. Quarrels of lovers but renew their love. 情人争争吵吵，自会言归于好。 1957. Quick at meal, quick at work. 吃得快，做得快。 1958. Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth. 手勤脚快，嘴里吃饱。 1959. Quietness is best. 宁静最好。 1960. Quietude is the crown of life. 安静是生命的皇冠。 1961. Rain before seven; fine before eleven. 雨过天晴。 1962. Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky. 晴日之后有雨水，乌云过去见青天。 1963. Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship. 船沉鼠先窜。 1964. Readiness is all. 有备无患。 1965. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 读书养神，锻炼健身。 1966. Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. 博览群书使人完美无瑕，冥思苦想让人深刻精邃，论证阐述让人头脑清晰。 1967. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. 读书使人渊博，交谈使人机敏，写作使人严谨。 1968. Read not books alone, but men. 不要光是读书，还要识人。 1969. Ready money is a ready medicine. 现钱等于成药。 1970. Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for. 真正的学问，像其他一切有价值的东西一样，是不容易得到的，必须学习、钻研、思考，最重要的是必须有迫切的要求。 1971. Reap as (or what) one has sown. 自食其果。 1972. Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine. 养儿防老。 1973. Reason binds the man. 理智约束著人。 1974. Reason deceives us often, conscience never. 理性常骗人，良心永不欺。 1975. Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool. 理智指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。 1976. Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的向导和光辉。 1977. Reason rules all things. 情理管万事。 1978. Reckless youth makes rueful age. 虚度青春，悔恨无已。 1979. Remember thou are but a man. 记住你自己只不过是一个人。 1980. Repentance is good, but innocence is better. 悔罪虽好，无罪更佳。

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1981. Repetition is the mother of knowledge. 反覆学习是知识之源。 1982. Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault. 无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。 1983. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 应该做的决心做，决心做的务必做。 1984. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 君须自敬，人乃敬之。 1985. Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms. 责任必须负在肩上，不能挟在腋下。 1986. Rest breeds rust. 停止须生锈。 1987. Revolutions are not made with rose water. 革命不是绣花。 1988. Riches do not always bring happiness. 富未必永远带幸福。 1989. Riches either serve or govern the possessor. 财富可以侍候主人，也可以支配主人。 1990. Riches have wings. 财富难保。 1991. Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. 财富事智者，却又驭蠢人。 1992. Rivers need a spring. 大河要有源头。 1993. Roll my log and I'll roll yours. 互相吹嘘。 1994. Rome was not built in a (or one) day. 罗马不是一日建成的。 1995. Run (or Hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with the hounds. 两面讨好。 1996. Sadness and gladness succeed each other. 悲喜互继，哀乐相续。 1997. Safe bind, safe find. 捆得牢，坏不了。 藏得好，找得着。 1998. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man. 驶船要乘风，风潮不等人。 1999. Salt water and absence wash away love. 远离久别爱情淡。久别情淡？ 2000. Satan always finds work for idle hands. 懒汉总会干坏事。

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2001. Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放虎归山。 2002. Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. 能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。 2003. Saving is getting. 节约等于收入。 2004. Saying and doing are two things. 说与做是两回事。 2005. Saying is one thing, and doing another. 说是一回事，做是另一回事。 2006. Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear. 莫道全所知，莫信全所闻。 2007. Say well is good, but do well is better, 说得漂亮固好，做得漂亮更佳。 2008. Science is organized knowledge. 科学是系统化的知识。 2009. Score twice before you cut once. 三思而行。 2010. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 神气的狗也会吃赃布丁的。 2011. Scratch a Russian, and you ('ll) find a Tartar. 文明不能改变本性。 2012. Scratch me and I'll scratch you 朋比为奸。 2013. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 朋比为奸。 2014. Second thoughts are best. 三思而行，再思可也。 2015. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。 2016. Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning. 见识多、遭难重，钻研深是学问的三大支持。 2017. See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace. 多看多听少多嘴，你会太平过日子。 2018. Seize (or Take) time by the forelock. 撤热打铁。 2019. Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 见得少，忘得快。 2020. Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness. 人类的伟大，首要的是要有自信。 2021. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. 我们的失败多数是由于缺乏自信。 2022. Self do, self have. 自食其果。 2023. Self-praise is no recommendation. 自我吹嘘，决不可取。 2024. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power. 只要自重、自觉、自制，人生就可达到至高无上的境地。 2025. Self-trust is the essence of heroism. 自信是英雄的本色。 2026. Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信是成功的首要秘诀。 2027. Serve somebody with the same sauce. 以其人之道还治其人之身。 2028. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. 小人得意，忘乎所以。 2029. Set a thief to catch a thief. 以毒攻毒。 2030. Shallow streams make most din. 修养不深，高谈阔论。 2031. Sharp stomachs make short graces. 饿的肚子顾不到体面。 2032. Short accounts make long friends. 帐算清，交情深。 2033. Short acquaintance brings repentance. 浅交生后悔。 2034. Short is my date, but deathless my renown. 年寿短暂，声誉永存。 2035. Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief. 谎言是做贼的第一步。 2036. Sickness is everyman's master. 英雄只怕病来磨。 2037. Sickness is felt, but health not at all. 疾病能够感觉到，健康全然不知晓。 2038. Sickness shows us what we are. 疾病使人亮出本来面目。 2039. Silence gives consent. 沉默等于同意。 2040. Silence in times of suffering is the best. 遭到不幸时，沉默是上策。

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2041. Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life. 沉默是通过生活中的许多不幸而学会的。 2042. Silence is more eloquent than words. 沉默是更有说服力的言词。 2043. Silence is sometimes the severest criticism. 沉默有时是最严厉的批评。 2044. Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous. 沉默的人像静水一样，深而难测。 2045. Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen. 绸缎要熄灭厨房的火。 2046. Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait of true and noble manhood. 真诚－－深刻真挚发自内心的真诚，是真正高尚的人性的一种品质。 2047. Six feet of earth makes all men equal. 在墓穴中人人都平等。 2048. Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. 技能和信心是不可克服的军队。 2049. Sleeping is the best cure for waking troubles. 睡眠是良药，专治醒时愁。 2050. Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懒惰会磨去才智的锋芒。 2051. Slow and steady wins the race. 跛鳖千里。 2052. Slow help is no help. 帮忙不及时，等于不帮忙。 2053. Small gains bring great wealth. 小益聚大财，薄利成巨富。 2054. Smooth water runs deep. 大智若愚。 2055. Soft fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出细活。 2056. Soft (or Fine or Kind) words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。 2057. So many countries, so many customs. 一个国家有一个国家的风俗。 2058. So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 人多意见也多。 2059. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. 有些书只要浏览一下，有些书要仔细阅读，有些书要领会和消化。 2060. Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. 从过错和失败中，我们取得了一些有益的教训。过去的错误是未来的智慧和成功。 2061. Some persons do first, think afterwards, and then repent for ever. 有些人做了再思考，从而悔恨终身。 2062. Something attempted, something done. 2063. Sometimes the best gain is to lose. 有时大得即大失。 2064. Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 恶语有时伤人比刀剑更厉害。 2065. So much is mine as I enjoy. 我所有的就如我享有的这么多。 2066. Sooner or later, the truth comes to light. 早晚真相会大白。 2067. Soon gotten, soon spent. 赚得快，花得快。 2068. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快。 2069. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 早熟早烂。 2070. Soon up, soon down. 升得高，落得快。 2071. Sorrow comes unset for. 悲哀来时不需邀。 2072. Sorrow is at parting if at meeting there be laughter. 离别多愁恨，相见尽笑声。 2073. Sound love is not soon forgotten. 爱深难忘。 2074. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. 恶有恶报。 2075. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器。 2076. Speak clearly if you speak at all, Carve every word before you let it fall. 要说就索性说得一清二楚，说出前每句话要字斟句酌。 2077. Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. 讲话不思考犹如射击不对准目标。 2078. Speak less and listen more. 要少说多听。 2079. Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck. 少说失意事，莫夸好运道。 2080. Speak of angels and you will hear their wings. 说到曹操，曹操就到。

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2081. Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing. 要赞美朋友，莫提及敌人。 2082. Speech is silver (or silvern), silence is golden. 雄辩是银，沈默是金。 2083. Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声。 2084. Speech shows what a man is. 言如其人。 2085. Speed is the soldier's asset. 兵贵神速。 2086. Spend money like water. 挥金如土。 2087. Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 因小失大。 2088. Step after step the ladder is ascended. 按部就班，循序渐进。 2089. Still waters have deep bottoms. 静水常深。 2090. Still waters run deep. 大智若愚。静水流深。 2091. Straight trees have crooked roots. 直树也有曲根。 2092. Strike while the iron is hot. 见机行事。称热打铁。 2093. Strong reasons make strong actions. 理由充足，行动就坚决。 2094. Study sickness while you are well. 居安思危。 2095. Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持到底必获胜利。坚持就是胜利。 2096. Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功来自于克服困难的斗争。 2097. Such beginning, such ending. 有怎样的开始，就有怎样的结束。 2098. Such carpenters, such chips. 什么样的木匠，出什么活。 2099. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 一天的不幸已够人受的了，别再自寻烦恼。 2100. Suit the action to the word. 怎么说就怎么做。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2101. Sure bind, sure find. 捆得好，逃不了。 2102. Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. 猜疑伤害莫逆之交。 2103. Sweep before your own door. 先律己，后律人。 2104. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 言语投机恨时短。

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2105. Take a hair of the dog that bit you. 以毒攻毒。 2106. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can. 智者皆能视苦为乐。 2107. Take away my good name and take away my life. 夺了我的名誉等于夺了我的生命。 2108. Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves. 省小钱才能积大财。 2109. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少成多。 2110. Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves. 注意你的理智，声调自会小心。 2111. Take honour from me and my life is undone. 夺我名声，我命即亡。 2112. Take one's courage in both hands. 勇往直前，敢做敢为。 2113. Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。 2114. Take something by the best handle. 理解某事物，乘其好机会。 2115. Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享乐也能吃苦。 2116. Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。 2117. Take the world as one finds it. 听之任之。 2118. Take things as they come (or are) 既来之，则安之。 2119. Take time by the forelock. 要抓住时机。 2120. Take time for deliberation; haste spoils everything. 要费时思考，急躁会坏事。 2121. Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 做事要深思熟虑，但时机一到，就要动手，不要犹豫。 2122. Take time when time comes lest time steal away. 机不可失，时不再来。 2123. Take time while time is, for time will be away. 有时间要加以利用，因为时间是要消逝的。 2124. Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings. 说到曹操，曹操就到。 2125. Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. 说鬼鬼到。 2126. Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。 2127. Tastes differ. 众口难调。 2128. Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长。 2129. Tears are the silent language of grief. 眼泪是悲哀的无声言辞。 2130. Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles. 诉说烦恼等于增加烦恼。 2131. Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. 把你的交友讲给我听，我会讲出你是何许人。 2132. Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace. 知道的不要全部倾吐，看到的不要都加评语，这样生活可以安宁。 2133. Temperance is the best physic. 克制乃是最好的治疗。 2134. Temperance is the greatest of virtues. 自我节制是最大的美德。 2135. That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. 好书开卷引人入胜，闭卷使人得益。 2136. That is not good language which all understand not. 不是人人都懂的语言不是好语言。 2137. That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. 最后的聪明才算真聪明。 2138. That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help themselves. 教师尽力帮助学生独立工作是给学生最大的帮助。 2139. That which is evil is soon learnt. 恶行易学。 2140. That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. 美丽而引人注目的东西不一定都善良，但善良的东西总是美丽的。