Time and tide wait for no man. （歲月不饒人。）
Lookers-on see most of the game.（旁觀者清，當局者迷。）
Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.（壹分耕耘 壹分收獲。）
A great man is always willing to be little.（上善若水，水利萬物而不爭。）
2.翻譯如下：
Adversity makes a man wise , not rich.
逆境出人才。
A faithful friend is hard to find .
知音難覓。
A fox may grow gray ,but never good.
江山易改,本性難移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。
A man is known by his friends.
視其友，知其人。
A friend is easier lost than found.
失友容易，交友難。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
患難見真情。
A friend without faults will never be found.
金無足赤,人無完人。
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