汉英对照《增广贤文》（125）

恩宜自淡而浓，

先浓后淡者，

人忘其惠；

威宜自严而宽，

先宽后严者，

人怨其酷。

以积货财之心积学问，

则盛德日新；

以爱妻子之心爱父母，

则孝行自笃。

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When offering favours,

Go from small ones to big ones;

If you go from big ones to small ones,

You will not be remembered for your kind bounty.

To establish your prestige,

Go from strictness to lenience;

If you go from lenience to strictness,

You will be complained about for your cruelty.

Accumulating knowledge

As enthusiastically as accumulating money

Will strengthen morality,

Loving parents

As profoundly as loving wives and children

Will promote filial duty.